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Youth, unemployment and selling citizenship
Sir Ron SandersMay 1, 2015The economies of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are not doing well. Belize, Guyana and Suriname are the only three countries whose economies are showing any appreciable growth. The major effect ...
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Lukewarm to the Commonwealth?
Sir Ron SandersApril 23, 2015The political parties contesting the May 7 general election in Britain have now published their manifestoes and my friend and colleague, Professor Philip Murphy, found in them a 'decidedly lukewarm ...
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Orphans of Obama's legacy?
Sir Ron SandersApril 17, 2015Undoubtedly both Presidents Raul Castro of Cuba and Barack Obama warrant credit for breaking the 54-year old barrier to the establishment of diplomatic relations between their two countries. But, President ...
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US and the Caribbean: brief summits not enough
Sir Ron SandersApril 9, 2015US President Barack Obama and Jamaica Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller have pronounced his visit to Jamaica and their bilateral discussions to be a success. What is certain is that media ...
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A changing tide in Nigeria's fortunes?
Sir Ron SandersApril 2, 2015March 31st was a great day for democracy in Nigeria. It was also a great day for the 53-member Commonwealth of Nations. On that day, the electorate of Nigeria democratically ...
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Lee Kuan-Yew's Caribbean rescue in the Commonwealth
Sir Ron SandersMarch 29, 2015Lee Kuan-Yew, who led Singapore for three decades, died on March 23rd. He was a remarkable man who is best remembered for courageous leadership that converted a tiny island with ...
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Vanuatu and Tuvalu – inadequate response to human suffering
Sir Ron SandersMarch 22, 2015People on the East Coast of the United States of America (US) and the Caribbean should consider how best they might lend a helping hand to the people of the ...
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US and Venezuela: Don't fan the flames, put out the ...
Sir Ron SandersMarch 13, 2015US President Barack Obama's Executive Order imposing sanctions on another seven officials of the Venezuelan government for alleged intimidation of political opponents was boilerplate. In other words, the language is ...
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St Kitts-Nevis election fiasco: symptom of a bigger problem
Sir Ron SandersFeb. 23, 2015Concern was rightly raised over the failure of the Supervisor of Elections in St Kitts-Nevis, Wingrove George, to declare the results of the February 16 general elections until 2 days ...
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Obama has wrong-footed Republicans in his war on ISIL
Sir Ron SandersFeb. 15, 2015US President Barack Obama, in the eyes of the Republicans in the US Congress, is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. This is now particularly obvious following ...
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China's Yuan will rival US dollar globally
Feb. 5, 2015Within the next ten years the world community should expect China's Yuan (also called renminbi) to be as widely used as the United States dollar. For almost a decade now ...
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The unhelpful geopolitics of Energy in the Caribbean
Sir Ron SandersJan. 31, 2015US commentators are predicting the death of Petro Caribe, the Venezuelan oil initiative in the Caribbean, and the ascendancy of United States as the dominant player in the region's geopolitics.
