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Our CaribbeanVenezuela's Dangerous Referendum: Threatening Peace and International Law
Sir Ron SandersNov. 6, 2023For sixty years, from their entry into school, Venezuelans have been trained to believe that the Essequibo region of Guyana belongs to Venezuela. Consequently, regardless of the facts, this belief ...
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Our CaribbeanThreats to Democracy: The Erosion of Judicial Independence
Sir Ron SandersOct. 19, 2023From Canada in the North to Argentina in the South, including the nations in the Caribbean, the nature of threats to democracy is undergoing a significant transformation.
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Our CaribbeanKenyan intervention in Haiti? More work needed By Sir Ronald ...
Sir Ron SandersAug. 17, 2023No one should yet be pouring champagne to celebrate the announcement by the U.S. government that Kenya has agreed to lead a multinational police force to help subdue gangs and ...
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Our CaribbeanCARICOM at 50: there is still hope
Sir Ron SandersJuly 22, 2023July 4, 2023, marks the 50th anniversary of signing the Treaty of Chaguaramas, the foundational document that brought the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) into existence. With high hopes ...
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Our CaribbeanWhat future, Venezuela?
Sir Ron SandersMay 12, 2023The President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, hosted a Conference on Venezuela in his nation's capital, Bogota, on April 25. The European Union (EU) and 19 countries from the Americas, including ...
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Our CaribbeanThe Queen has died: Long live her legacy
Sir Ron SandersOct. 7, 2022The announcement of the death of Elizabeth II, Sovereign Queen of several realms, including 7 in the Caribbean, plunged the world into deep sadness.
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Our CaribbeanPresident Putin's actions are jeopardizing economic peace and growth: The ...
Sir Ron SandersOct. 7, 2022"Every bullet, every bomb, every shell that hits a target in Ukraine, hits our pockets and our economies in Africa." Those were the words of the President of Ghana, Akufo-Addo, ...
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Our CaribbeanSafeguarding rights from authoritarian governments
Sir Ron SandersJuly 28, 2022(The writer is Antigua and Barbuda's Ambassador to the United States of America and the Organization of American States. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth ...
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Our CaribbeanStanding up to Daniel Ortega's excesses
Sir Ron SandersMay 18, 2022Largely unreported by the media in the Caribbean and making no headlines, a very serious blow was delivered to diplomacy and international relations on Sunday, 24 April.
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Our CaribbeanAbortion is a woman's right - legalize it
Sir Ron SandersMay 18, 2022The right of women in the United States to have an abortion, which has existed for 49 years, has now become a matter of contention.
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Our CaribbeanHow serious is the Caribbean about reparations?
Sir Ron SandersApril 22, 2022On March 25, the Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, publicly pointed out that "only six of our 34 active member states have ratified the Inter-American ...
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Our Caribbean
The international order is broken – where are the enlightened ...
Sir Ron SandersApril 22, 2022The international order, which has existed, although shakily, since the end of World War II and the establishment of the Charter of the United Nations, is now severely broken.
