Caribbean Community

CARICOM replaced the 1965–1972 Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA), which had been organized to provide a continued economic linkage between the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean following the dissolution of the West Indies Federation which lasted from January 3 , 1958 to May 31 , 1962 . A Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas establishing the Caribbean Community including the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) was signed by the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community on July 5 2001 at their Twenty-Second Meeting of the Conference in Nassau, The Bahamas . OVERVIEW The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has become unofficially multilingual in practice with the addition of Dutch -speaking Suriname on July 4 1995 and Haiti , where French and Haitian Creole are spoken, on July 2 2002 . In 2001, the heads of government signed a Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas thus clearing the way for the transformation of the Common Market aspect of CARICOM. Part of the revised treaty includes the establishment and implementation of the Caribbean Court Of Justice . MEMBERSHIP
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	international organizations

	trade blocs

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