日批在线视频_内射毛片内射国产夫妻_亚洲三级小视频_在线观看亚洲大片短视频_女性向h片资源在线观看_亚洲最大网

US EUROPE AFRICA ASIA 中文
World / Latin America

Obama seeks to renew predominance over Caribbean through energy initiatives

(Xinhua) Updated: 2015-04-10 16:47

Obama seeks to renew predominance over Caribbean through energy initiatives

US President Barack Obama reacts as Jamaica's Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller (2nd L) insists on standing next to him after moving aside Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie (L), as Obama joins a meeting of the leaders of CARICOM, the Caribbean Community nations, at the University of the West Indies in Kingston April 9, 2015.[Photo/Agencies]

KINGSTON -- US President Barack Obama met heads of government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)?in Kingston?on Thursday and announced new initiatives on energy cooperation, which seems intended to counteract Venezuela's influence in the region.

"A particular focus today is going to be one of the greatest barriers to development in the Caribbean, and that is expensive, often unreliable carbon-intensive energy," said the US president, who was on his visit to Jamaica.

Besides the focus on energy, Obama also mentioned other issues including securing economic growth, furthering regional integration, upholding human rights and combatting transnational crime.

Obama said the United States has launched the "Caribbean Energy Security Initiative" aiming to help move the region toward cleaner, more affordable energy, noting that the Caribbean has some of the highest energy costs in the world and is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

"Today, we're announcing new partnerships, including a new fund to mobilize private investment in clean energy projects in the Caribbean and in Central America," he told the CARICOM leaders at the meeting.

The United States will launch a 20-million-US-dollar facility to encourage investment in clean energy projects. The facility will provide early-stage funding to promote greater private and public sector investment in clean energy projects, according to a White House statement released right after Obama's speech.

Other measures include forming an energy security task force partnered by the United States and Caribbean and Central American countries to evaluate progress in the cooperation and identify steps to advance energy sector reform and clean energy development.

Critics say the Obama administration's new move aims to squeeze Venezuela's influence in the region.

Late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez created Petrocaribe, an oil trade program, in 2005 to sell fuel to Latin American and Caribbean nations at cheaper prices and help financing their oil infrastructure projects.

Under Petrocaribe, Venezuela allows 17 countries, including 12 CARICOM members, to purchase its oil at market prices but only pay a small percentage of the cost upfront, and the balance can be paid over 25 years at one percent interest.

The program has kept much of the region dependent on subsidized oil imports from Venezuela, which the United States claims is dangerous to those countries' macro economy.

Trudeau visits Sina Weibo
May gets little gasp as EU extends deadline for sufficient progress in Brexit talks
Ethiopian FM urges strengthened Ethiopia-China ties
Yemen's ex-president Saleh, relatives killed by Houthis
Most Popular
Hot Topics

...
主站蜘蛛池模板: 超碰在线播放97 | 久久伊人在 | 国产又色又爽又黄又免费 | 无毒不卡| 亚洲国产影院 | 日韩 国产 在线 | 你懂的国产 | 亚洲精品欧美日韩 | 国产精品污www一区二区三区 | 51.cc网站入口永久入口 | 秋霞欧美一区二区三区视频免费 | 成人av午夜| 国产h视频在线 | 亚洲精品中文字幕在线观看 | 国产精品高潮视频 | 在线视频国产一区 | 开元在线观看视频国语 | 日韩男女视频 | 日韩成人黄色 | 黄色一级大片在线免费看产 | 中文字幕中文字幕 | 黄色一级片中国 | 亚洲第九十七页 | 中文字幕欧美视频 | 国产真实乱在线更新 | 蜜桃传媒一区二区 | 李丽珍毛片| 亚洲国产精品一区二区三区 | 97超级碰 | 成人h片在线观看 | 亚洲国产精品久久久 | 久久国产成人精品av | 成人免费毛片aaaaaa片 | 久久这里只有精品国产 | 亚洲男人天堂网 | 日韩中文欧美 | 亚洲精品aaa | 婷婷久久五月天 | 日韩黄色高清视频 | 在线观看| 欧美又粗又长 |