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Our CaribbeanSelling or saving the soul of the OAS
Sir Ron SandersApril 11, 2019The Organisation of American States (OAS), already a broken institution, was shattered even more on April 9 at a meeting of its Permanent Council. It is now an organisation whose ...
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Our CaribbeanGive Uruguay Meeting a chance to bring settlement to Venezuela ...
Sir Ron SandersFeb. 1, 2019The Heads of Government of the independent member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), who met by video conference on January 24 to consider the fast-moving events surrounding Venezuela, demonstrated ...
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Our CaribbeanCaribbean democracy demands Constitutional change
Sir Ron SandersJune 8, 2018The Leader of the Opposition is assigned important roles in the Constitutions of all Commonwealth Caribbean (CC) countries. The roles stand at the heart of the democratic values to which ...
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Our CaribbeanTrade wars in no one's interest
Sir Ron SandersApril 20, 2018The Government of the People's Republic of China wrote to the Chairperson of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on April 4, registering a dispute ...
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Our Caribbean
Firing-up a furnace in an igloo – The OAS
Sir Ron SandersFeb. 20, 2018A new report has been produced on the Organization of American States (OAS), a body that began with ideals appropriate to the geo-politics of the 1940's. Those old ideals were ...
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Our CaribbeanStructure not ad-hoc agendas key to US-Caribbean relations
Sir Ron SandersFeb. 10, 2018Much has been said about the government of the United States of America (US) cutting off aid to countries which do not support that country's position in international organizations.
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Commentaries2018 will test CARICOM's collective resolve
Sir Ron SandersDec. 29, 2017In 2018, unless Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries eschew their tendency to pursue narrow 'national interests' in the conduct of their international relations, each of them individually and all of them ...
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Our CaribbeanLessons from India's partition and Charlottesville's strife
Sir Ron SandersAug. 22, 2017On August 14 and 15, Pakistan and India, respectively, celebrated the 70th anniversary of their Independence from Britain, a country whose policies, as an occupier, fomented - and then bequeathed ...
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Our Caribbean
The relevance and state of US-Caribbean relations
Sir Ron SandersJuly 14, 2017The Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC has produced a publication entitled, "The Relevance of US-Caribbean Relations – Three Views". The title is misleading.
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Our CaribbeanThe ire of two Prime Ministers
Sir Ron SandersJune 18, 2017On May 29, two former Prime Ministers and leaders of opposing political parties in Antigua and Barbuda presented their nation's parliament with one of those rare occasions in which in ...
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Our Caribbean
CARICOM unified at the OAS – a moment for unbridled ...
Sir Ron SandersJune 4, 2017Contrary to all who dismissed it as impossible, the 14 independent member states of the Caribbean Community (CARCOM) displayed strong solidarity at the Organisation of American States on Wednesday, May ...
