30 August 2016
Trump’s  Mississippi  miscalculation

Trump’s Mississippi miscalculation


Five years ago, on June 26, 2011, a 47-year-old man, Craig Anderson, was on his way to celebrate his birthday when he was attacked and murdered by 1...
16 August 2016
Where has fight in developing countries gone?

Where has fight in developing countries gone?


The ease with which developed countries appoint heads of international and multi-national organizations (sometimes in the guise of an election) is n...
09 August 2016
IMF: Light up its darker crannies

IMF: Light up its darker crannies


The International Monetary Fund (IMF), which has tormented small Caribbean economies for five decades with austerity measures and fierce conditional...
19 July 2016
Haiti: time is running out

Haiti: time is running out


Luis Almagro, the Secretary-General of the Organization of American states (OAS), has told political stakeholders in Haiti, including the interim go...
12 July 2016
Jamaica’s CARICOM Review Commission – understanding the elephant

Jamaica’s CARICOM Review Commission – understanding the elephant


Jamaica’s CARICOM Review Commission has been established and has had its first meeting. Quite what is the purpose of the Commission is not clea...
28 June 2016
BREXIT creates  EU-Britain nightmare for the Caribbean

BREXIT creates EU-Britain nightmare for the Caribbean


The 12 English-speaking independent countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have, at the most, two years to formulate a plan for dealing with...
21 June 2016
Governments failed the OAS at its 46th Assembly

Governments failed the OAS at its 46th Assembly


The 46th General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) was not a successful event. This judgement is in no way related to the govern...
14 June 2016
Let the voices  of the Haitian people be heard

Let the voices of the Haitian people be heard


"International interests in Haiti, in addition to checking off an ‘elections done’ box, are largely defined by controlling emigration, mai...
07 June 2016
Haiti: No Moving out and moving on

Haiti: No Moving out and moving on


(The Writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States and the Organization of American States. The views expressed are his own)...
24 May 2016
Caricom deficiencies leading to fragmentation and weakness

Caricom deficiencies leading to fragmentation and weakness


I start with the now proven premise that no CARICOM nation is able to prosper on its own. No protestations to the contrary erase the evidence that, ...