Caribbean

The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of countries and islands in the Caribbean Sea. These countries or islands are located from the southeastern areas of Mexico to the northwest of Venezuela in South America. There are at least 7,000 islands, islets, reefs, and cayes in the region. They are organized into 25 territories including sovereign states, overseas departments, and dependencies.

See also

• African diaspora
• British Afro-Caribbean community
• Caribbean English
• Caribbean medical education
• CONCACAF
• Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• History of the Caribbean
• Indo-Caribbean
• Music of the Caribbean
• Politics of the Caribbean
• Tourism in Caribbean
• West Indies Federation

Regional Institutions

Here are some of the bodies that several islands share in collaboration:

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• African, Caribbean and Pacific states (ACP)
• Association of Caribbean States (ACS), Trinidad and Tobago
• Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce (CAIC), Trinidad and Tobago http://www.caic.org.tt/
• Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Guyana
• Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Barbados
• Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA), Barbados
• Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), Barbados and Jamaica
• Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA), Puerto Rico http://www.caribbeanhotels.org/
• Caribbean Programme For Economic Competitiveness (CPEC), Saint Lucia http://www.cpechrd.org/
• Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), Belize http://www.caricom-fisheries.com/
• Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM), Barbados and Dominican Republic http://www.crnm.org/
• Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), Barbados
• Inter-American Economic Council (IAEC), Washington, D.C.
• Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry (LACNIC), Brazil and Uruguay
• Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), Saint Lucia
• United Nations - Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Costa Rica and Trinidad and Tobago

Many of the nations in the Caribbean play international cricket as one team called the West Indies.

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