- Fullform: Caribbean Community
- What is it?: It is an organization of Caribbean countries and dependencies originally established as the Caribbean Community and Commons Market in 1973 by the Treaty of Chaguaramas.
- Secretariat: Georgetown, Guyana.
- Main Purposes:
- Promote economic integration and cooperation among its members
- To ensure that the benefits of integration are equitably shared
- To coordinate foreign policy
- Members:
- Members: Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.
- Associated Members: Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
- Members with Observer Status: Aruba, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela.
- Head: The Chairmanship of the Community is rotated every six months among the member countries’ Heads.