St. Lucia leader says regional alliance to provide $10 million in grants to create jobs
CASTRIES, St. Lucia _ An alliance of left-leaning Latin American and Caribbean nations is providing $10 million in grants to the small island of St. Lucia to reduce unemployment.
St. Lucia Prime Minister Kenny Anthony says the assistance from the ALBA group will help the Caribbean country boost training in the cruise ship sector and increase jobs under a government program launched in 2012. Anthony’s office announced the grants Monday.
St. Lucia’s department of statistics says unemployment rose to roughly 25 per cent this year on the tourism-dependent island of roughly 182,000 people.
The ALBA alliance was created as a socialist-oriented trade alliance in 2004 by Venezuela and Cuba. It includes four Caribbean island nations, including St. Lucia.
The Associated Press
Alwin Marshall-Squire is the Editor-in-Chief of S-Q Publications Inc., overseeing editorial strategy for GTA Weekly, GTA Today, and Vision Newspaper. He leads the publications’ mission to deliver bold, original journalism focused on the people and communities of the Greater Toronto Area, Canada, and the global Caribbean diaspora.
Also writes for GTA Weekly and GTA Today.
