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187 documents for antigua and barbuda history

- Antigua and Barbuda
...Antigua and Barbuda. LAW ENFORCEMENT. History. The Antigua and Barbuda Police Force dates from 1...
- World Encyclopedia of Police Forces and Correctional System
- Countries
- Expropriation - who pays the real price?
... Cuba, Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Costa Rica or Antigua, the process is very much the same. . Initially, e... Resort by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda. . Many have recorded the history of this expropri...
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Nbr. 2009, January 2009
- Antigua Carnival 2004
Anytime is a good time to visit the Caribbean Island of Antigua & Barbuda. But there is no better time to be on the island that during the 10-days of carnival every year. Antigua carnival is celebrated on the first Monday and Tuesday in August which is the actual time that slavery was abolished on the island in 1834. According to the history of the island, on August 1st as the news of the abolition of slavery reached the masses, people celebrated with the spontaneous reaction of taking to the streets. They expressed their new found freedom with joy, merriment, dancing and singing. This informal celebration was the forerunner of the modern day Antigua carnival which was first organized in 1957. Since that time, Antigua carnival has taken place from the last week in July to the first ...
- Weekly Gleaner, The; North American ed.
- July 31, 2009

- New U.S. Policies Toward Puerto Rico and Cuba?
As part of their congratulatory notes on [Barack Obama]'s presidential victory back in November, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and Bolivia's President Evo Morales each called on the new Obama administration to restore U.S.-Cuban relations. And in early December 2008, members of CARICOM (the Caribbean Community and Common Market) urged Obama to end what it termed a "surprising relic" from the Cold War. Baldwin Spencer, the prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, who served as the chairman of CARICOM, said, The Caribbean community hopes that the change in administration under way in the United States forever relegates that policy to history. I understand that there have been difficulties in the past among those trying to resolve this qu...
- New York Amsterdam News
- September 02, 2009
- Drawing dead: recognizing problems with Congress' attempt to regulate the online gambling industry and the negative repercussions to international trade.
...(6) This note begins with a brief history of the online gambling industry, Congress' attempt...WTO Dispute . The small island nation of Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua) has been a WTO member since ...
- Suffolk Transnational Law Review
- Vol. 32 Nbr. 1, December 2008
- Former Diplomat Says Sub Region Should Tread Carefully with Venezuela Membership Idea
He also said that account needed to be taken of the fact that Venezuela's GDP was US$334.3 billion, whereas the combined GDP of the six independent countries of the OECS - namely Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis and St. Vincent and the Grenadines - was a mere US$7 billion. He described the OECS as a 'natural alliance' born out of a common history, culture, language laws and traditions, as well as snared problems, stressing that while a relationship with Venezuela should be cultivated, the small OECS countries ought to do so collectively and in areas of mutual benefit.
- Weekly Gleaner, The; North American ed.
- September 02, 2009
- Critical comparisons: the role of comparative law in investment treaty arbitration.
... to "the WTO Appeals Body decision in Antigua/Barbuda v US case of 7 Apr. 2005; WT/DS285/AB/R [w... GERVAIS, THE TRIPS AGREEMENT: DRAFTING HISTORY AND ANALYSIS (2d ed. 2003); CARLOS M. CORREA, TRAD...
- Denver Journal of International Law and Policy
- Vol. 39 Nbr. 1, December 2010
- Free movement of skilled labor under the Caribbean single market: St. Kitts-Nevis's vision for unity.
...A brief review of Caribbean history with integration reveals that Caribbean leaders hi...In 1965 Antigua-Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago...
- Journal of Third World Studies
- Vol. 28 Nbr. 1, March 2011
- Replacing slingshots with swords: implications of the Antigua-Gambling 22.6 panel report for developing countries and the world trading system.
...HISTORY OF THE ANTIGUA-U.S. DISPUTE A. Brief Overview of t... that the United States owed to Antigua-Barbuda (Antigua) as a result of the U.S.'s failure to com...
- Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
- Vol. 42 Nbr. 3, May 2009
- Swiss Miss: The Future of Banking Secrecy Laws in Light of Recent Changes in the Swiss System and International Attitudes
Introduction - II. The history and origins of swiss banking law - A. Threats of Seizure by France’s Herriot Government - B. Economic Espionage by Nazi Germany - C. The Historical Tradition of Swiss Neutrality - III. Swiss banking before 2009 - A. Social Motivations for Swiss Banking Secrecy - B. Economic Motivations for Swiss Banking Secrecy - IV. Commitments to changes in swiss law and the 2009 prosecutions - A. Switzerland’s Modifications to Its Banking Secrecy Policies - B. International Agreements Creating Pressure on Tax Havens - C. Switzerland Assists the United States in Prosecuting U.S. Tax Evaders - D. International Repercussions of the United States’ Tax Evasion Prosecutions - V. The future of banking secrecy - VI. The consequences of the probable demise of banking secrecy:...
- Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems
- Nbr. 20-2, October 2011