Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Peter Richards PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Apr 11, 2011 (IPS) – The first public hint that something was amiss within the Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) bloc came last week from Belize’s foreign minister, Wilfred Elrington, when his country hosted the 18th meeting of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) Council [...]
Light Mingles with Shadows in Latin America and the Caribbean
December 14, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By J Chandler IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis TORONTO (IDN) – A mix of light and shadows pervades Latin America and the Caribbean as respectable economic growth in spite the global financial crisis mingles with the damage caused by climate change — and the prospects are far from encouraging. The UN [...]
Caribbean Fighting a Losing Battle Against Food Imports
November 3, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Bert Wilkinson ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Nov 3, 2010 (IPS) – For much of late October, Caribbean ministers of agriculture, journalists, farmers and academics gathered in this tiny but picturesque south Caribbean island in a rearguard bid to refocus a region used to existing mostly for tourism on [...]
Bonaire’s Resilient Reefs Offer Hope for Dying Corals
September 29, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Christopher Pala* BONAIRE, Dutch Antilles , Sep 29, 2010 (IPS/IFEJ) – Scientists are closely examining the reefs of this island just north of Venezuela to determine why it has escaped the devastation that wiped out 85 percent of the Caribbean’s corals since the 1970s. Just in the [...]
TRINIDAD: Death Penalty Debate Revived
July 21, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Peter Richards PORT OF SPAIN, Jul 20, 2010 (IPS) – Faced with a steep escalation of the murder rate since it came to power on May 24, the new People’s Partnership government in Trinidad and Tobago is considering resuming capital punishment as a means of dealing with [...]
Guyana Has No Regrets over Holding Out on EPA
July 13, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Peter Richards MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, Jul 12, 2010 (IPS) – Two years after 14 Caribbean countries signed a wide-ranging and controversial Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Europe, Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo still maintains that his country was right in holding out until the last minute to get [...]
History Beckons in Trinidad’s Snap Election
April 21, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Peter Richards PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Apr 21 (IPS) – Kamla Persad-Bissessar may never want the year 2010 to end. In February, she became the first woman to hold the post of Opposition Leader, one month after she ousted the leader of the main opposition United National Congress (UNC), [...]
GRENADA: Coup Leader Calls on U.S. to ”Come Clean” on Bishop
September 16, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Peter Richards ST GEORGE’S, Sep 16 (IPS) – For nearly three decades, Grenadians have wondered what happened to the body of their first left-wing prime minister, Maurice Bishop. Now, two weeks after being given an early release from prison, Bishop’s former deputy Bernard Coard has left no doubt that [...]
