Barbados has turned to China to finance the renovation of a hotel that once exemplified the island’s refined style but has now become a cautionary tale about the fickle winds of […]
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Posted inBarbados, Diplomacy
More Than Flights: Barbados Seeks Financial, Cultural Ties With U.S. Through Atlanta
Barbados Ambassador John Beale came to Atlanta on short notice, but he didn’t let his time here go to waste. The island nation’s envoy to the U.S. last Thursday received the international […]
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Delta Flight Reconnects Barbados With Atlanta and Beyond
Barbados is expecting a new wave of U.S. tourism thanks to a recovering American economy and the return of a nonstop Delta Air Lines flight to the capital city of Bridgetown from Atlanta starting Dec. 4. Not only is […]
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Georgian Named Ambassador to Barbados and Caribbean
Emory University graduate and native of Augusta Larry Palmer is the recently appointed U.S. ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean. Previously, Venezuela’s president, Hugo Chavez, refused Mr. Palmer’s appointment as...