This publication addresses several contemporary issues impacting the relations between the Caribbean and Latin America including challenges relation to migration, security, economic and political integration, in the context of the current global environment. Against this background, the publication also seeks to provide recommendations and options

As the Caribbean and Latin America confront the significant socio- economic and political challenges of the twenty- first century, the contributors to this book present a timely and relevant assessment of these issues, from a fresh small-states perspective. The collection of articles by academics and practitioners in international relations offer practical recommendations for greater collaboration among the states in areas related to migration, cooperation among states in the Guiana Shield, greater interaction between Cuba and the wider Caribbean, the impact of transnational crime, and human safety and security, among others.

This book is geared to attract a wide audience, ranging from scholars, practitioners and students of the social security sciences especially in political science, international relations and sociology, and will also be valuable to the wider audience with interest in the contemporary issues confronting Caribbean and Latin American states.

Introduction: Contemporary Issues in Caribbean and Latin American Relations by Raymond Mark Kirton and Marlon Anatol

Chapter 1: The Guyana Shield in a Changing Regional Environment: Challenges and Opportunities by Raymond Mark Kirton

Chapter 2: The Impact of Venezuelan Immigrants on Crime in Trinidad and Tobago: A Critical Evaluation by Marlon Anatol, Amanda Anatol, and Sacha Joseph-Mathews

Chapter 3: Leveraging the Asylum System to Overcome Immigration Barriers in Small Island States by Ashaki L. Dore Chapter 4: To Expand or not to Expand? Utilizing Geopolitical Analysis to Examine CARICOM’s Potential Enlargement in the 21st Century by Kai-Ann D. Skeete

Chapter 5: The Foreign Policy of the Cuban Revolution: Half a Century of Cuba-Caribbean Relations by Jacqueline Laguardia Martinez and Milagros Martinez Reinosa

Chapter 6: Reflections on the Socially Responsive Regional Integration Process of UNASUR: A Small State Perspective by Ruben Martoredjo

Chapter 7: Validating the Dimensions of Human Security Using a Factor-Analytic Procedure by Clement Henry