“You’ve already created, Mr. President, an initiative and an innovative model for regional cooperation by pooling risks to respond to natural disasters. And therefore I think that the whole region is better equipped in the future to deal with these pending problems.” Former US Vice President Joe Biden, speaking about CCRIF at a meeting in 2013 with Trinidad and Tobago President Anthony Carmona and Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and other Caribbean leaders