The Caribbean Regional Integration: What Developments?

International audienceThe Association of Caribbean States, which will be in the center point of this analysis, remains currently heteroclite perhaps even baroque gathering of States and territories. Its operational budget is quite modest with regards the ambitions it displays. Does it have to be considered so much as an additional association in the concert of the regional organizations orchestrated in increasing spheres in the Caribbean? On the contrary, is it not likely to cooperate or integrate traditionally isolated countries like the Dominican Republic, the Republic of Haiti, Panama and especially Cuba? Does it not offer a real insertion opportunity for the French Departments of America (FDA) which were always excluded fromthe local organizations? In this case, which role can France play through its FDA in the Caribbean-Latin American area