Trade to the Caribbean is on a steady rise. Economist Roberto Despradel recalls that the country's first free trade agreement, signed with the Caribbean Common Market (Caricom) went into effect in 2001. This brought together 12 mostly island-states l
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The People are the Change I’m sure it is possible to second guess Barack Obama. I’m sure it is possible to outrun Usain Bolt. I’m pretty certain I won’t be around to witness either event. The real value of Barack Obama is the fact that millions of
Read more…There is an ancient joke about an American tourist being shepherded round Europe on a package tour, collecting places without ever experiencing them. One morning his wife asked him: “Where are we? His bemused answer: ‘If this is Tuesday this must be
Read more…Jamaica for Sale by John Maxwell In 1989, before the General Elections of that year, the PNP Opposition accused Edward Seaga’s government of having a “Going out of business sale” of Jamaica’s assets, privatising left right and centre. That sale was
Read more…The people of Haiti are as poor as human beings can be. According to the statisticians of the World Bank and others who speculate about how many Anglos can dance on the head of a peon, Haiti may either be the second, third or fourth poorest country
Read more…The modern world was invented in the Caribbean. Two hundred years ago the Haitians defeated the armies of Europe's major powers, Napoleon's France (twice), Britain and Spain, destroying slavery and precipitating the birth of capitalism, destroying Eu
Read more…by John Maxwell I consider myself something of an authority on American comic book characters, ever since, nearly a hundred years ago, I was forced to spend months in hospital, aged ten, with tubes coming out of various parts of me, while my innards
Read more…If only the truth were known … John Maxwell As I’ve said many times in this column, journalists, whose main job is to advance and protect the human rights of other people, are among those whose own human rights are most in question. For journalists
Read more…AMERICAN JUDGES ARE DERIDING AND OVERTURNING BUSH'S DETENTION PLANS! WILL THE JAMAICAN JUDICIARY COPY THE U.S. JURISTS AND CONFRONT THE DETENTION PLANS OF BRUCE GOLDING? While courts in the USA are rejecting and overturning George Bush's detention p
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