October 4, 2004

The Rt. Hon. Perry G. Christie, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas addressed the Conference of the Americas sponsored by the Miami Herald on Friday, October 1^st, 2004, at the Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables, Florida. 

The Prime Minister addressed the conference on the topic, “Friend Or Foe? Can The Caribbean And The U.S. Repair Their Damaged Relations?” Click here for PM's address



From New York, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell flew to Miami to join the Prime Minister for his address to the Miami Conference on the Americas.  The Prime Minister spoke before a full audience of public officials and businessmen and women from South Florida.  Later he joined the Publisher of the Miami Herald at lunch to hear an address by former U.S. Secretary of State Madeline Albright.  The interim Prime Minister of Haiti Gerard LaTortue spoke at the same conference.  The Caricom nations have not yet agreed to allow the recognition of the interim administration.  The two Prime Ministers did not meet.  Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell, however, met with the interim Prime Minister to express concern over the deaths in Haiti from Hurricane Jeanne, and to get an update on the plans for the elections in Haiti to restore the country to full democracy.  The two are pictured on Friday 1st October at the Biltmore Hotel.  BIS / Peter Ramsay