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In a crowded field for Trump's attention, the Caribbean must ...
Sir Ron SandersNov. 11, 2016In the aftermath of Donald Trump's election as President of the United States of America, there is genuine concern about what his Presidency will mean for the Caribbean. So far, ...
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Internet Gaming: The US-Antigua and Barbuda contention
Sir Ron SandersNov. 3, 2016For over 12 years, the governments of Antigua and Barbuda and the United States have been involved in a contention over an award by the World Trade Organisation in favour ...
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Banking: Is the US making a stick to beat its ...
Sir Ron SandersOct. 24, 2016Caribbean governments have rightly focussed on the severe consequences for their countries of the withdrawal of correspondent banking relations from regional banks by international banks, particularly those located in the ...
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Raise up Haiti from its knees
Sir Ron SandersOct. 9, 2016Haiti was due to have elections on October 9 to choose a new President. Even before Hurricane Matthew blasted the country on October 4 with category 4 force winds and ...
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Raise up Haiti from its knees
Sir Ron SandersOct. 6, 2016Haiti was due to have elections on October 9 to choose a new President. Even before Hurricane Matthew blasted the country on October 4 with category 4 force winds and ...
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IMF-World Bank meetings: a rare opportunity
Sir Ron SandersSept. 23, 2016The October meetings this year of the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington DC present a rare opportunity for Caribbean government representatives to be heard ...
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Trump's Mississippi miscalculation
Sir Ron SandersAug. 27, 2016Five years ago, on June 26, 2011, a 47-year-old man, Craig Anderson, was on his way to celebrate his birthday when he was attacked and murdered by ten white teenagers ...
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Where has fight in developing countries gone?
Sir Ron SandersAug. 13, 2016The ease with which developed countries appoint heads of international and multi-national organisations (sometimes in the guise of an election) is not their achievement alone; it is also the fault ...
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IMF: Light up its darker crannies
Sir Ron SandersAug. 6, 2016The International Monetary Fund (IMF), which has tormented small Caribbean economies for five decades with austerity measures and fierce conditionalities, has been exposed as adopting utterly different standards towards Europe, ...
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Donald Trump – the lie of 'truthful hyperbole'
Sir Ron SandersAug. 1, 2016For anyone following the US Presidential campaigns, it has been a volatile voyage with great uncertainty about whether Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton will eventually emerge triumphant.
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Haiti: Time is running out
Sir Ron SandersJuly 16, 2016Luis Almagro, the Secretary-General of the Organisation of American states (OAS), has told political stakeholders in Haiti, including the interim government and parliamentarians, that it is imperative that they fully ...
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Jamaica's CARICOM Review Commission – understanding the Elephant
Sir Ron SandersJuly 8, 2016Jamaica's CARICOM Review Commission has been established and has had its first meeting. Quite what is the purpose of the Commission is not clear, nor is the prism through which ...
