Collective CARICOM voice for recovery at IMF-World Bank meetings
The response by policy makers of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) to the depth of COVID-19’s effects on Caribbean economies needs to be urgently reviewed,...
Sir Ronald Sanders
No, the idea of CARICOM is not dead
A commentary, published on March 8 by Camillo Gonsalves, a Minister of the Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines, was headlined “Every Island for...
Haiti needs vigilance by the International Community
At a meeting of the Permanent Council of the Organisation of American States (OAS) on March 17, I said that “no resolution is perfect, and...
Will regional unity be forever lost to the Caribbean?
Several editorials in respected newspapers as well as blogs by influential persons in the region are once again expressing deep concern about CARICOM, particularly over...
Small states diplomacy pays dividends on ‘de-risking’
It was an odd law into which to place it, but new and welcome directives on ‘de-risking’, which has plagued Caribbean countries, has become law...
U.S. – Cuba normalisation could increase production of COVID-19 vaccines
If U.S. President, Joe Biden, eases the trade embargo against Cuba, one benefit to developing countries, including the Caribbean, could be greater access to coronavirus...
Caribbean people at risk of prolonging COVID-19 to their detriment
People in the Caribbean, who refuse to take vaccinations to counter the Coronavirus, will cause the COVID-19 pandemic to remain longer in the region, endangering...
Haiti – on the edge of disaster again
Haiti – a country to which all other countries that suffered slavery are deeply indebted – is once again in turmoil. Therefore, no Caribbean Community...
CARICOM united voice urgent in COVID vaccine crisis
Developing countries, including the member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are being left behind in the rollout of vaccinations against COVID-19 that is now...
A second UN term for a champion of causes crucial to the Caribbean
United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has announced his availability to serve a second term when his current term ends on December 31. Arguably, Guterres is...
Caribbean-US relations: chance to merge might with right
Events in Washington on January 20 were a welcome relief and release for the world. Once Joseph R. Biden took the oath of office as...
Trump-Pompeo parting shots hurt the Caribbean
As they are preparing to exit the White House and the State Department on January 20, the outgoing Donald Trump administration has planted some explosives...
Recovering America’s battered democracy and authority
Recent events in Washington, the revered capital of the United States of America, have shaken the moral authority of that country to lecture, threaten and...
OAS accommodation of Guaidó attack on Trinidad and Tobago wrongly allowed but rightly resisted
Events at the Organisation of American States (OAS) continue to reveal that, notwithstanding the efforts by some of its 33 member states, the Organisation is...
Upholding human rights against arbitrary arrest
The Government of Canada has taken an initiative to promote a Declaration by like-minded countries against the use of arbitrary detention in state-to-state relations. The...
Guyana and Suriname can underpin CARICOM’s sovereignty and prosperity
The presidents of Guyana and Suriname have announced two major joint venture projects whose implementation will deepen the beneficial relations between the two countries, and...
The Haitian people: sadly and badly in need of a champion
Human rights and constitutional violations in Haiti have been ignored for too long by the Organisation of American States (OAS). The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has...
A Caribbean-Central America alliance for Climate Justice
Governments in Central America are calling for “Climate Justice” after the devastation of their countries by Eta and Iota as both tropical storms and hurricanes....
The world waiting to breathe normally again
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries should by now have worked out a strategy for securing the early attention of U.S. President-elect, Joe Biden, and the team...
Democracy not autocracy must prevail
Democracy, including free and fair elections, is under siege in the Western Hemisphere, including now in the United States of America (US). But the country...