U.S. Signs Ship Rider Agreements with 9 Caribbean Governments, While 5 Other Governments Decline

During the last 18 months the U.S. Government has concluded ship rider agreements with nine of twenty-six Caribbean governments (e.g., Antigua, Belize, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, and Trinidad & Tobago) while five governments (e.g., Barbados, Colombia, Haiti, Honduras and Jamaica) have declined to conclude such agreements ... [more]