ACS Secretary General extends Condolences on the Passing of Venezuela’s President
Trinidad and Tobago (March 7th, 2013) – The Secretary General of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), Ambassador Alfonso Múnera extends condolences to the family of President Hugo Chavez and also to the Government and people of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, on his passing. President Chavez died after battling cancer for two years. He was 58.
The Association of Caribbean States is the organization for consultation, cooperation and concerted action in trade, transport, sustainable tourism and natural disasters in the Greater Caribbean. Its Member States are Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago and Venezuela. Its Associate Members are Aruba, Curacao, (France on behalf of French Guiana, Saint Barthelemy and Saint Martin ), Guadeloupe, Martinique, Sint Maarten, (The Netherlands on behalf of Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius ), Turks and Caicos.