Venezuela’s Christmas is Brighter-Than-Ever! in spite of Sanctions and Gunboats
Castries (The Voice): Christmas in Venezuela starts on October 1st and the festive spirit continues until March 31st, but try telling that to the average world citizen following Western media news reports and most simply wouldn’t believe.
Why Would Saint Lucia’s PM Rush to Ring the Elections Bell?
Castries (The Voice): Funny things always happen in Caribbean elections politics, but perhaps the most-hilarious to date is how Saint Lucia’s Opposition United Workers Party (UWP) continues living in its La-La Land of Denial, like it was never booted-out of office in July 2021 in its worst elections defeat in Century 21.
Failed Caribbean Parties Offering Old Par for New Elections Courses
Castries (The Voice): It’s always been interesting discovering the spins young and old politicians everywhere put on election campaigning, promising the impossible or repeating undelivered promises, even creating new ways to say old things.
89 years after Saint Lucia visit, Garvey’s global legacy: big, broad & massive!
Castries (The Voice): Marcus Mosiah Garvey’s legacy extends way beyond the Caribbean and Africa and 85 years after his death his praises are still being sung, his messages still ring and his demands are still unfolding -including through the United Nations’ recent declaration of an International Day for People of African Descent (IDPAD).
Fidel Castro’s centenary will shed more new lights on the leader’s global standing
Castries (The Voice): The late Cuban President Fidel Castro would have been 99-years-old this past Wednesday August 13. Born on August 26 in 1926, he led the Cuban Revolution in 1959 and served as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and died on November 25, 2016, aged 90.
By Earl Bousquet
Desperation Driving Usual Suspects for Whom Today’s Caribbean Elections Bells Toll!
Castries (The Voice): Every election campaign across the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), like everywhere else, coughs-up candidates who make it difficult or impossible for voters to understand why they entered politics.
Saint Lucia: Mother of All Parties celebrates Victory ahead of Anniversary
Castries (The Voice): Today (July 26, 2025) the Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) celebrates four years since its 2021 General Elections victory that saw Party Leader and Castries-East MP Philip J. Pierre lead its return to office with a stunning 13-4 win that quickly metamorphosed into a 15-2 parliamentary majority.
CARICOM summit on Nigerian leader’s view of deeper Africa-Caribbean ties
Castries (The Voice) Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre and his regional counterparts are heading to Jamaica for Sunday’s formal opening of the 2025 CARICOM Summit (July 6-8), where they’ll report on the successful exchanges between the Eastern Caribbean counterparts in Saint Lucia with Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
African Roots of a Caribbean Odyssey of Occultism in the Age of Internet
Castries (The Voice): The first two articles in this series drew responses from across the board -from believers and non-believers at home and abroad- the sort of reaction I’d hoped for while fingering my keyboard, putting my electronic pen to paperless screen on a topic that other colleagues simply haven’t felt comfortable-enough to comment on.
African Roots of a Caribbean Odyssey of Occultism in the Age of Internet
Castries (The Voice): Saint Lucians living in Lalaland got a rude awakening Tuesday night, that sent shivers up spines and set many hearts a-throbbing, thanks to unexpected revelations of an aspect of living Caribbean life that ensnarled the entire nation into forcible accepting the existence and presence of something forever denied: occultism.
