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SANDERS: CARICOM cannot abandon Haiti despite the president’s failure to respond to offers
By Sir Ronald Sanders Haiti is in turmoil again. This time the countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) cannot be criticised for inaction, but questions must be asked about others in the hemispheric community who have been silent about the political…
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Commentary: OAS – Handmaiden to the tyranny of a minority
By Sir Ronald Sanders There have been many ignominious moments at the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) and many farcical decisions made, but they pale in significance when compared with the events of Wednesday, 11 September…
A&B, Kosovo establish diplomatic relations, abolish visa requirements
From Antigua Observer The governments of Antigua and Barbuda and the Republic of Kosovo yesterday signed agreements to simultaneously establish diplomatic relations and abolish visa requirements between the two countries. The agreements were signed in Washington, DC by the Ambassador…
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Sir Ronald Sanders: OAS should promote systemic change in Haiti not an external agenda
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Antigua Observer In what is increasingly becoming a pattern of ignoring established procedures and authority in the Organisation of American States (OAS), a delegation went to troubled Haiti on June 19 without any discussion or…
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Sir Ronald Sanders: St Vincent on the UN Security Council – More valuable than coin
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean News Now Make no mistake about it, the election of St Vincent and the Grenadines – one of the world’s smallest states – to a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)…
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Sir Ronald Sanders: The US and the Caribbean: a mutuality of interests
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Antigua Observer Once again, I have drawn attention to the danger posed to countries of the Caribbean by the withdrawal of correspondent banking relations (CBRs) from regional banks by global banks in the US. As…
Sir Ronald Sanders: Edward Seaga – A Caribbean enigma
By Sir Ronald Sanders from Caribbean News Now Edward Seaga was a great Jamaican patriot well deserving of the many tributes that have been paid to him concerning his devoted service to his country. But, he was not a regionalist and…
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Sir Ronald Sanders: Brown and Mottley – Shapers of the regional future
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean News Now Prime Ministers Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda and Mia Mottley of Barbados are two of the Caribbean’s young and dynamic leaders, both workaholics with clear and determined visions for the betterment…
Sir Ronald Sanders: The Caribbean – Confronting its demons
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean News Now Had the meeting of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) governments on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) been the only event affecting the Caribbean in the first week of December, it would have…
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Sir Ronald Sanders: Gays are citizens too
By Sir Ronald Sanders A regressive 19th century law, that is a legacy of British rule, continues to exist in 10 of the 12 independent Commonwealth Caribbean states. The law, inspired by the 1553 Buggery Act in England, was imposed…
