The Caribbean

Summary

The United States maintains diplomatic relations with nations across the Caribbean including: Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. U.S. policies in the region are administered through our embassies in: Bridgetown, Santo Domingo, Georgetown, Port-au-Prince, Kingston, Nassau, Paramaribo, Port of Spain and the U.S. Consulate General in Curaçao. U.S. diplomats also advance shared interests with the Caribbean embassies located in Washington, D.C. Building on the successful U.S.-Caribbean 2020 Engagement Strategy, the United States continues to collaborate with our Caribbean partners through the pillars of prosperity, health, resilience, security, energy, diplomacy and education.

The Latest

• Caribbean-American Heritage Month 2021: Celebrating Employees of Caribbean Descent 
• Read Deputy Assistant Secretary Lochman’s Keynote Remarks Launching Caribbean American Heritage Month
• Watch Acting Assistant Secretary Chung’s Speech on Working Toward a Democratic and Prosperous Haiti: U.S. Views
• Read Secretary Blinken’s Call with Dominican Republic Foreign Minister Alvarez
• Read Secretary Blinken’s Roundtable with CARICOM Foreign Ministers
• Read our Joint Statement on the U.S.-Jamaica Strategic Dialogue
• Read our latest U.S.-Caribbean Security Dialogue
• Read our Fact Sheet: Suriname: Democratic Success, New Opportunities
• Read our Fact Sheet: Guyana and the United States: More Than 50 Years Of Friendship
• Read our Dipnote Entry: Caribbean-American Heritage Month: Celebrating the U.S.-Caribbean Partnership
• Highlighting the Accomplishments of Caribbean-American Employees in Honor of Caribbean-American Heritage Month 2020
• Read ShareAmerica article: U.S. Returns Record Number of Cultural Artifacts to Haiti
• Fact Sheet: Jamaica and the United States: A Model for Partnership in the Caribbean
• Read ShareAmerica article Surinamese Youth Win With Robotics
• Read State Magazine feature article from U.S. Embassy Nassau: Team Effort: Embassy Nassau Supports Hurricane Dorian Response
• Read State Magazine article from the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs: Caribbean Youth Forum Tackles Drug Abuse
• Learn about the Caribbean Energy Security Initiative Loan Guarantee Agreement (Fact Sheet)
• Check out the Office Of Caribbean Affairs Newsletter
• Check out more news from the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs
• If you have engaging photos and stories to share from the Caribbean, please email WHACAR@state.gov.

Photos

Photos from U.S. embassies across the Caribbean engaging under the #USCaribbean2020 Strategy and #YearoftheCaribbean

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Initiatives

U.S.-Caribbean Resilience Partnership

State Department Releases U.S.-Caribbean 2020 Report to Congress

July 23, 2019

Caribbean Basin Security Initiative

U.S. Strategy for Engagement in the Caribbean