The end of ‘wet foot-dry foot’ – parting gift for whom?
Tomas Regalado, the mayor of Miami â long a hotbed for Cuban exiles â has described as a âparting giftâ the decision of the waning...
17 January 2017
The end of ‘wet foot-dry foot’ – parting gift for whom?
Tomas Regalado, the mayor of Miami â long a hotbed for Cuban exiles â has described as a âparting giftâ the decision of the waning...
10 January 2017
Passports: sale or saviour?
On January 1st, â60 minutesâ, an investigative programme aired by the US television company, CBS Corporation, ran a segment on âCitizen...
20 December 2016
Outraged for black womanhood
After a lifetime in Caribbean and international politics, I thought the time had long since passed when I could be outraged by any event. But I was...
13 December 2016
Exceptionalism and failure: Caribbean lessons from Britain
The Brexit chickens are coming home to roost in a troubled British economy, however much British government ministers and other English nationalisti...
29 November 2016
The dignity of the Obamas
As Barack Obamaâs Presidency of the United States of America enters its final weeks, there are tens of millions of people in America and across...
15 November 2016
In a crowded field for Trump’s attention, the Caribbean must get into the game
In the aftermath of Donald Trumpâs election as President of the United States of America, there is genuine concern about what his presiÂdenc...
08 November 2016
Internet gaming: The US-Antigua and Barbuda contention
For over 12 years, the governments of Antigua and Barbuda and the United States have been involved in a contention over an award by the World Trade ...
11 October 2016
Raise up Haiti from its knees
Haiti was due to have elections on October 9 to choose a new president. Even before Hurricane Matthew blasted the country on October 4 with Categor...
27 September 2016
IMF-World Bank meetings: a rare opportunity
The October meetings this year of the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington DC present a rare opportunity for Cari...
13 September 2016
The US and the EU in harmful tax competition
Over the last few weeks, a trans-Atlantic war of words has been going on between the US Treasury and the European Union Commission (EC) over what am...
