[John Robert Lee and Kendel Hippolyte, Editors, Saint Lucian Literature and Theatre: An Anthology of Reviews, Castries: Cultural Development Foundation, 2006. 356 pp.]
The Caribbean region established itself as a community of nations with the signing of The Treaty of Chaguaramas in Trinidad and Tobago on July 4, 1973. This was further formalised with significant advancements and a deepening of the agreements when the nations signed the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas on July 5, 2001. This set up “the Caricom Community, including the Caricom Single Market and Economy” (the CSME), which was ratified by 15 member states in order to achieve “sustained economic development based on international competitiveness, co-ordinated economic and foreign policies, functional co-operation and enhanced trade and economic relations with third States”.
