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The Caribbean Free Trade Association was created to improve relations between the various Caribbean islands. One of the reasons of the formation of the CARIFTA was to increase the quota and variety of goods able to be sold. Specifically, CARIFTA was intended to encourage balanced development of the Region by the following:
The CARIFTA Games is an annual athletics competition founded by the Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA). The games were first held in 1972 and consist of track and field events including sprint races, hurdles, middle distance track events, jumping and throwing events, and relays. The Games has two age categories: under-17 (under-18 until ...
The Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA) was established on 15 December 1965, with Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago as its founding members. The organisation aimed to integrate the economies of the newly formed sovereign states of the British West Indies by providing an agreement for free trade and ...
The Caribbean Community superseded the 1965–1972 Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA) organised to provide a continued economic linkage between the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean after the dissolution of the West Indies Federation, which lasted from 3 January 1958 to 31 May 1962.
December 15 - The Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA) is formed. December 15 - Tanzania and Guinea sever diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom. December 17 - The British government begins an oil embargo against Rhodesia; the United States joins the effort. December 20 - The World Food Programme is made a permanent agency of the ...
The Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA) is formed. Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 perform the first controlled rendezvous in Earth orbit. December 20 – The World Food Programme is made a permanent agency of the United Nations. December 21. The Soviet Union announces that it has shipped rockets to North Vietnam.
The original home of the CARICOM Secretariat (and its precursor the CARIFTA Secretariat) was at Colgrain House (specifically the southern half of the building, while the northern half was used as the residence of the secretary-General) on Camp Street, Georgetown, Guyana.
The 1st CARIFTA Games was held in Bridgetown, Barbados on April 1–4, 1972. An appraisal of the results has been given on the occasion of 40th anniversary of the games.