Caricom Must Demand Climate Justice for Hurricane Loss, Damage and Recovery!
Castries (The Voice): We have our own Caribbean way of treating emergencies, mainly skeptical about weather warnings, yet always surprised when we get hit hard and just ‘feeling sorry’ for others when we escape unaffected.
By Earl Bousquet
Voters punish European and American parties supporting Israel’s War on Gaza
Castries (The Voice): With national elections being held in at least 64 countries representing 49 percent of the global population in 2024, all eyes remain fixed on trends that suggest, halfway through the year, that this may very-well be one of startling beginnings of the end for many and the start of new beginnings for others.
The Monroe Doctrine in Latin America and the Caribbean in Century 21!
Castries (The Voice) The Monroe Doctrine was inaugurated in 1823 by US President James Monroe to police the waters of the Caribbean and Latin America as ‘America’s Backyard’ and, 201 years later, Washington still insists the entire region must always bow to that imperial dictate.
Scholars Urged to Set a New Paradigm for Sustainable Caribbean Development
Castries (The Voice): The Caribbean Studies Association (CSA) launched its 50th anniversary conference at the Harbour Club Hotel in Gros Islet on June 3, with calls on scholars to set a new paradigm for the region’s sustainable development.
Saint Lucia Hosts Historic Caribbean Studies Association Conference
Castries (The Voice): The Caribbean Studies Association (CSA) hosts its 2024 annual conference here this week under the theme ‘Caribbean Development Sustainability: The Convergence of Technology, People, Planet, Peace, Prosperity and Partnerships.
Challenges haunt Haiti, Kenya and Caricom on Africa Day 2024
Castries (The Voice) As the world observes Africa Day 2024 this weekend to celebrate the changes and challenges since the African Union (AU) replaced the Organization of African Unity (OAU), it’s okay to ask: Whither Africa today?
Caribbean: Political parties don’t win elections by what they call themselves!
Castries (The Voice): The recent decision by Guyana’s ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) at its 32nd Congress (May 3-5) to remove ‘Marxism Leninism’ from its Constitution has drawn expected responses from friends and comrades near and far, some claiming it harms the image of the party built and led by Dr Cheddi Jagan.
St. Lucia: Burning a House to Kill a Rat?
Castries (The Voice) Prime Minister and Political Leader of the Saint Lucia Labor Party (SLP) Philip J. Pierre has described current tactics of the Opposition as akin to “burning a house to kill a rat…”
US Student Protests Trigger Haunting Vietnam Nightmares Ahead of 2024 Presidential Elections
Castries (The Voice): The current students’ demonstrations at over-200 university campuses across the United States had, by May 5, seen over 2,400 arrested for protesting against US policy in support of Israel’s punishing war on Gaza and demanding university administrations divest from Israel and recalled similar student protests against the Vietnam War in 1967 and 1968 that helped lead to President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
Caricom Embraces Palestine, Haiti and ALBA-TCP’s Bolivarian Alternative
Castries (The Voice): Never-mind being overly underestimated by critics yet to fully-appreciate its positive roles in quiet management of the processes leading to a peaceful transition to a new ‘government’ in Haiti earlier this week and tempering the noises in the Guyana-Venezuela controversy ahead of heady elections in Caracas in July, the Caribbean Community (Caricom) continues demonstrating it can be counted-on to break-the-ice when it matters, including in global diplomatic deadlocks.
