Building ALBA, One Brick at A Time!
Artículo (The Voice): The presence of a delegation from Saint Lucia at a series of recent conferences in Venezuela on the establishment of an international anti-fascist front From Latin America to the World, allowed for exchanges on collective returns to Time and History, featuring untold stories of earlier Caribbean and Latin American struggles.
Time and History are not on Taiwan’s side!
As Taiwan’s top representative in Saint Lucia prepares to return home, Ambassador Peter Chen will surely be thinking hard about his island’s immediate future, as tensions grow in the strait that artificially separates the island from the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
International conference agrees to mobilize global movement against fascism
Caracas (The Voice): A series of sectoral meetings concluded in Caracas on Thursday (November 28), with a declaration calling for establishment of a global anti-fascist movement to coordinate responses to the acceleration of aggressive imperial actions against the international progressive movement.
China Proposes Global Cooperation While West Promotes Conflict and Confrontation
Castries (The Voice): While colleagues attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and G-20 Summits in Peru and Brazil, respectively, were contemplating gravely on how the next US President will affect the world, China’s President Xi Jinping was quietly pursuing, in Latin America, his three latest proposals for global cooperation, development and security -and a shared humanity.
Black Faces in High Places is Not Enough!
Castries (The Voice): This headline was borrowed from the response of a Black American voter, interviewed two days before the November 5, 2024 Presidential Elections, on whether Vice President Kamala Harris wouldn’t naturally be ‘A good black president for African-Americans…’
War Is Not In The Caribbean’s DNA!
Castries (The Voice): At a time when China has upped its ante against accelerated secessionist moves by the new leader on Taiwan island, when the United States continues violating its own diplomatic recognition of the ‘One China’ policy to keep arming the island’s hostile Democratic People’s Party (DPP) administration; and when the non-independent island’s new foreign affairs minister is making his inaugural visit to the English-speaking nations that still have diplomatic ties with Taipei, it’s opportune to comment on Saint Lucia’s ties with both China and Taiwan -in this case referring to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the latest elected administration in Taiwan under President Lai Ching-te (also called William Lai).
SLCFA Hails Successful 6th China-LAC People-to-People Friendship Forum
Castries (The Voice): On the eve of its 20th Anniversary on November 5, the Saint Lucia-China Friendship Association (SLCFA) hails the success of the 6th China-Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) People-to-People Friendship Forum, held on October 15 in Xi’an City.
By Earl Bousquet
Whither Global State-sponsored Terror After November?
Castries (The Voice) October 6 and 7, 2024 will be remembered by the Caribbean, Latin America and the world for acts of terrorism and genocide, today and yesteryear, that have rendered the world unsafe for almost five decades.
Saint Lucia: When Our Gain is Our Neighbor’s Pain!
Castries (The Voice): I had an interesting exchange earlier this week with a friend from a neighboring island.
By Earl Bousquet
China Turns 75 as Taiwan’s Dwindling Ties Remain Unsustainable
Castries (The Voice): On October 1, 2024, Caribbean nations with ties with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) will join Beijing in observing the 75th Anniversary of the Founding of the Republic in 1949.
