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Our Caribbean
The world will pay a high price for Russian aggression
Sir Ron SandersMarch 11, 2022The invasion by the Russian Federation of the sovereign state of Ukraine has been roundly condemned by most countries of the world.
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Our Caribbean
Caribbean cannot ignore escalating tensions over Ukraine
Sir Ron SandersFeb. 24, 2022Global tension is rising concerning Ukraine, the second largest country in Europe after Russia which it borders. Ukraine was a part of the defunct Soviet Union, declaring its independence in ...
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Our Caribbean
Democracy Summit missed an essential ingredient
Sir Ron SandersDec. 27, 2021US President Joe Biden declared at the opening of a "Summit on Democracy", which he convened on December 9, that "democracy needs champions".
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Our Caribbean
Haitians: fear at home, no hope abroad
Sir Ron SandersOct. 6, 2021The abrupt resignation of the US Special Envoy to Haiti, Daniel Foote, came like a bolt of lightning from a clear blue sky. It was as unexpected as it was ...
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Our Caribbean
Venezuela talks – mountain went forth and produced a mouse
Sir Ron SandersOct. 1, 2021It was predictable that, in an attempt to show that they are capable of collaboration, the rival political groups in Venezuela would pick their spurious claim to two-thirds of Guyana's ...
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Our Caribbean
CARICOM: the only organisation commanding wide trust in Haiti's crisis
Sir Ron SandersJuly 30, 2021Haiti was in a constitutional and political crisis before the assassination of its President Jovenel Moïse in the early hours of the morning of July 7. That crisis has worsened. ...
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Our Caribbean
Democracy too precious in CARICOM not to defend it abroad
Sir Ron SandersJuly 2, 2021(The writer is Antigua and Barbuda's Ambassador to the United States and the Organization of American States. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at ...
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Our Caribbean
A storm brewing over Haiti at the OAS
Sir Ron SandersMay 28, 2021Strong disagreement may be brewing at the Organization of American States (OAS) on how to respond to the ongoing, grave political and constitutional crisis in Haiti.
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Our Caribbean
Vaccinate or suffocate – the stark choice
Sir Ron SandersMay 28, 2021Sections of the population in many of the 14 independent CARICOM countries are in grave danger of undermining their own health and economic interests by their refusal to be inoculated ...
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Our Caribbean
Small countries need an IMF that is a lender of ...
Sir Ron SandersMay 9, 2021As undesirable as it may be, governments of Caribbean countries that are not in International Monetary Fund (IMF) programmes are being pushed in that direction.
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Our Caribbean
Caribbean people at risk of prolonging COVID-19 to their detriment
Sir Ron SandersMarch 11, 2021(The writer is Antigua and Barbuda's Ambassador to the United States and the Organization of American States. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at ...
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Our Caribbean
Haiti – on the edge of disaster again
Sir Ron SandersFeb. 13, 2021(The writer is Antigua and Barbuda's Ambassador to the United States and the Organization of American States. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at ...