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Jamaica Archive
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The CARICOM Blueprint for Illicit Drug Trafficking
By Melissa Beale, Research Associate for the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on December 28, 2011 | 3 CommentsDrug trafficking and related violence is on the rise throughout the Caribbean at a time that the region is being heavily influenced by organized Latin American criminal groups. U.S./Mexico border controls have been profoundly tightened, resulting in a growing spillover of drugs into the wider Caribbean. The Caribbean’s natural landscapes... -
An Economy Blinded by the Sun
By COHA Research Associate Amanda Knarr on September 23, 2011 | 8 CommentsIt’s a Small World After All As globalization has carried with it a greater degree of potential for economic integration among different nations, the tiny English-speaking Caribbean states are fighting for their place in an ever-shrinking world. Aside from the potential boon associated with globalization, the spread of free trade... -
One-way Ticket or Circular Flow: Changing Stream of Remittances to Latin America
By COHA Research Associate Trevor Cohen on August 4, 2011 | 1 CommentInside houses held together by a collection of sticks, mud brick and plastic table cloths one can hear the hum of a stainless-steel refrigerator and the shrill buzz of a flickering thirty-inch color television set. These appliances of modern convenience mix casually with poverty, a contrast almost obscenely commonplace throughout... -
U.S. Caribbean Policy Expands to Renewable Energy Initiatives
By COHA Research Associate Naomi Glassman on July 7, 2011 | No CommentsSource: U.S. Dept. of State Official Blog On June 22, Secretary Clinton attended the High-Level Caribbean-U.S. Conference to discuss progress in the areas of regional security and renewable energy. She reported a funding increase from USD 44 million to USD 77 million in the fiscal year 2011 for the Caribbean Basin... -
Jamaica: Different Drug War, Different Strategy
By COHA Research Associate Katherine Haas on May 25, 2010 | 15 CommentsA state of emergency was declared in certain areas of Kingston, Jamaica on Sunday, as violence broke out over the extradition of accused drug lord and local hero Christopher “Dudus” Coke. Coke is the alleged head of the “Shower Posse,” a gang that has committed scores of drug-related murders in... -
The U.S. Military’s Presence in the Greater Caribbean Basin: More a Matter of Trade Strategy and Ideology than Drugs
By COHA Research Fellow Alex Sanchez on September 23, 2009 | 4 CommentsWashington’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’s Hugo Chávez, and...