Caribbean leaders meet with Trump, say he promises renewed U.S. engagement in region Miami Herald, Mar 22, 2019
Palm Beach — The leaders of five Caribbean nations sympathetic to the Trump administration’s hard line on Venezuela spent Friday discussing the South American nation, as well as how the United States can be a better partner, with President Donald Trump at his private Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach.
“I have a feeling Venezuela will come up,†Trump said at the onset of the discussions, adding that he looked forward to “spending a lot of time together this afternoon and discussing ways that we can be beneficial to you and you can be beneficial to us.â€
Caribbean leaders said most of the talk centered around trade and investments, and the U.S. has committed to sending a representative from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to visit each of their nations — the Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica and Saint Lucia.
“It’s absolutely important that it’s not just talk, that there will be real investments; investments that will benefit the region and benefit your country as well,†Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness said, addressing the press at the conclusion of the two-hour meeting.
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