And the issues Belize currently faces aren't unique to us-like the high fuel prices. When asked about what CARICOM is doing to mitigate this, Pierre explained that it's out of their hands.
Philip Pierre, Prime Minister of St. Lucia / Chair of CARICOM
"There is one factor we have no control over, which is the price of fuel. The price of oil basically-we have no control over the price of oil. But what we've done is that we've shared experiences from islands like St. Lucia; we've removed the VAT on certain items. In the case of Barbados, certain measures have been taken. Every island, every government has taken certain steps to reduce the cost of living, but the main fact which we have to consider is that we have absolutely no control over the price of oil."
