Roots of Latin American and Caribbean underdevelopment planted by ‘lost’ Columbus
Every year at the Organisation of American States (OAS), Spain, as an Observer state, has placed on the Organisation’s agenda a celebration of Christopher Columbus’...
Sir Ronald Sanders
No such thing as ‘turns’ for Commonwealth Secretary-General
The announcement by the President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta that his government has nominated the country’s Energy minister, Monica Juma, for the post of Commonwealth...
Haitians: fear at home, no hope abroad
The abrupt resignation of the US Special Envoy to Haiti, Daniel Foote, came like a bolt of lightning from a clear blue sky. It was...
On the heels of COVID, Climate Change swings a wrecking ball
The public health and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has rightly focused the attention and resources of governments around the world on suppressing and...
Venezuela talks – mountain went forth and produced a mouse
It was predictable that, in an attempt to show that they are capable of collaboration, the rival political groups in Venezuela would pick their spurious...
Kenya’s President wants ‘steadfast leadership’ by Commonwealth Secretariat
It is good to see that the President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, has nominated his Cabinet Secretary for Defence, Monica Juma, for the post of...
Are people in the Caribbean becoming architects of their own destruction?
The question has to be asked. Are some people in Caribbean countries becoming the architects of their own and the region’s destruction? There is clearly...
Rethink full membership of CARICOM to make it effective
Almost 80 years ago, Jamaica’s Norman Manley asked a question that has been echoing throughout the 12 independent English-Speaking Caribbean countries that form the Caribbean...
Using the OAS to promote discord over Cuba
Much has been written about a meeting, convoked by the present Chair of the Permanent Council of the Organisation of American States (OAS), to discuss...
In praise of a black Caribbean woman
CARICOM should be proud of the success of a Caribbean woman who was at the center of the effort to manage the COVID-19 pandemic in...
Cuba could help US normalise relations
All may not be lost in the efforts to improve relations between the government of Cuba and the Biden Administration in the US, despite the...
CARICOM: the only organisation commanding wide trust in Haiti’s crisis
Haiti was in a constitutional and political crisis before the assassination of its President Jovenel Moïse in the early hours of the morning of July...
The Caribbean should support ecocide as an international crime
Small island states and countries with low-lying coast are the victims of ecocide. A draft law, unveiled on June 22, defines ecocide as “unlawful or...
Joint endeavour or collective surrender: Resisting global tax
The proposal by the U.S. government to establish a global minimum corporate tax is not a remote matter from the lives of people in the...
Democracy too precious in CARICOM not to defend it abroad
More commonality was shown by CARICOM countries in a vote on Tuesday, June 15 at the Organisation of American States (OAS) than has been seen...
Why 84 countries are borrowing from the IMF
In the wake of the economic damage done by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, countries in every continent of the world have turned to...
Get illegal migrants vaccinated
Not vaccinating illegal migrants against the coronavirus would be a fatal mistake in every country. Unvaccinated persons pose a real threat to subduing COVID-19 and...
Vaccine refusal is as dangerous a pandemic as COVID-19
Vaccine refusal is fast becoming as dangerous to human health and to economies as the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019, even before the novel coronavirus was...
Vaccinate or suffocate – the stark choice
Sections of the population in many of the 14 independent CARICOM countries are in grave danger of undermining their own health and economic interests by...
A storm brewing over Haiti at the OAS
Strong disagreement may be brewing at the Organisation of American States (OAS) on how to respond to the ongoing, grave political and constitutional crisis in...