RSSWashington’s initiative to have access to at least seven Colombian military facilities has been criticized as an extension of the controversial Plan Colombia and as a breach of fealty to its sister republics. Suspicion also has surfaced that the base deal was fundamentally a move against Venezuela[...]
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That uneventful Americas Summit
April 26, 2009 Jamaica Gleaner By Ian Boyne The significance of the recently concluded Summit of the Americas can be judged by the amount of media attention given to that photo op Hugh Chavez had with Barack Obama and the fact that the Venezuelan radical gave him a book. Besides that, the focus on C[...]
August 15th, 2008 - 11:18 am § in In the News, Jamaica
International bodies question government’s performance
Published by The Jamaica Observer By Al Edwards A few weeks away from its first year in government, the Bruce Golding-led Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) performance is coming under scrutiny with the assessment from international bodies not being too favourable. Many surmise that the government [...]
December 12th, 2007 - 11:19 am § in Caribbean, Front Page, Jamaica, Press Releases, Trinidad & Tobago
Containment in Their Shanty Towns is not a Solution: Constructive Engagement and not a Face-off between Gangs and New Jamaican Prime Minister is Needed
- • Jamaica should be a paradise not just for tourists, but also for day-to-day citizens trying to live out their lives
• London’s behavior towards its former colony based on deporting Jamaican criminals back to overcrowded Kingston jails does not do the job
• How much of the violenc[...]
JAMAICA: Cocaine shipments increasing
One of the boasts in the ruling People’s National Party (PNP) election manifestos is a significant reduction in the cocaine trade. It says that transportation of cocaine to the US through Jamaica “fell from 20% to 2% between 2004 and 2006″. A report released by the US-based Council[...]
The Caribbean’s Troubled Ties to Washington
The process to obtain a passport entails waiting at least 12 weeks and paying a fee of $97 for each adult and $87 for each child. With the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) pass stipulation going into effect on January 23, 2007, many vacationers were hindered by these expensive add-ons an[...]
Jamaica: In the Drug Trade—Big and Getting Bigger
Another in a Series of COHA Research Inquiries into the Hemispheric Drug Trade. With a focus primarily placed on notorious Mexican and South American drug trafficking organizations (DTOs), and the Caribbean’s role as an essential transit mechanism for drugs moving north to market, trade issues oft[...]
Jamaica: Debt, Economic Performance and Labour Productivity
The Jamaican economy suffers from serious debt, high inflation and uneven growth rates Current economic policies, such as exchange rate devaluation and debt-servicing, only exacerbate Jamaica’s economic downslide To resolve this crisis, the government must implement measures aimed at sustainable [...]