Saint Lucia takes the CARICOM chair and hosts July's summit

Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre assumes the rotating CARICOM chair on 1 July and hosts the 51st Heads of Government Meeting in Gros Islet, 5–8 July. At home, Saint Lucians absorbed another fuel-price increase on 1 June as the global oil crisis deepened — putting energy squarely on the host’s agenda. For you: the summit’s energy and free-movement decisions are the ones most likely to reach diaspora wallets; the closing press conference is 8 July.