It’s Back-to-Business in the Bolivarian Republic!
Castries (The Voice): Never mind the huffing-and-puffing in opposition circles at home and abroad, a fortnight after the July 28 presidential elections, Venezuela continues quickly returning to normal after yet-another failure to hound President Nicolas Maduro out of office.
Maduro and PSUV continue outwitting US-backed Opposition in Venezuela
Castries (The Voice) The latest version in the revolving cycle of externally-crafted sad-movie serials explaining successive failed Western-backed election plots in Venezuela continue unabated online and off, but President Nicolas Maduro and the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) are cleaning-up the mess created by the major losers following the July 28 presidential poll.
A National Holiday for Every Caribbean Olympic Gold Winner is Simply Senseless!
Castries (The Voice): Frankly speaking, while the overwhelming over-enthusiasm behind loud calls across the Caribbean for Governments of nations whose athletes won Olympic Gold medals to declare public holidays in their honor is understandable, it also overly underestimates the reality that no or not-enough thought was given to what’s actually being asked for.
Historic times for Caribbean sports and diplomacy!
Castries (The Voice) These are exciting and historic times for Caribbean Sports and Diplomacy.
Venezuela Election 2024: A sad old movie, with a different ending!
Castries (The Voice) I was among 1,300 international journalists and 800 international observers in Venezuela for the July 28 presidential election, witnessing events unfold leading to and after the country’s 31st national election in 25 years.
20 reasons why Maduro and the PSUV won the 2024 Venezuela Elections!
Caracas (The Voice): Venezuelans voted on Sunday, July 28, to continue the Bolivarian Chavista Socialist Revolution under President Nicolas Maduro and the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV).
Venezuelans Waiting to Exhale after Tomorrow’s Presidential Election!
Caracas (The Voice) Tomorrow, Latin America and the Caribbean’s most election-literate electorate goes to the polls in Venezuela to choose between continuity of the Bolivarian Socialist Revolution started by President Hugo Chavez or rejecting President Nicolas Maduro and the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV).
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.
