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[...]
Archive for the ‘Barbados’ Category
September 23rd, 2009 - 1:05 pm § in Bahamas, Barbados, Caribbean, Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Front Page, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Reports, Venezuela
The U.S. Military’s Presence in the Greater Caribbean Basin: More a Matter of Trade Strategy and Ideology than Drugs
“Barbadian first” policy flogs Guyanese in Barbados
The unraveling of political ties between the Caribbean nations of Guyana and Barbados has created heated dialogue after the compulsory deportation of Guyanese nationals from Barbados following the implementation of the “Barbadian First” amnesty law announced by the island’s Prime Minister Davi[...]
Celebrating the Life of Errol Walton Barrow, Pan-Carribeanist
In spite of his relative obscurity outside the region, Errol Walton Barrow deserves to be recognized not only as a hero in Barbados, but also as one of the giants of Caribbean nationhood. Barrow’s local stature derives from his ongoing commitment to the struggle for Barbadian independence from Bri[...]
March 25th, 2009 - 8:23 am § in Barbados, Brazil, Caribbean, Cuba, Dominican Republic, European Union, Front Page, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Press Releases, Trinidad & Tobago
Can Fading Caribbean Island-States Thrive in the World of Alternative Energy?
- Does the Caribbean sugar cane industry possess the will and resources to recover from its collapse and evade all-but total catastrophe? - Despite a number of opportunities, efforts towards orderly ethanol development in the region have been chaotic - Can lessons from Brazil’s acclaimed ethanol p[...]
August 20th, 2007 - 12:13 pm § in Barbados, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Front Page, Haiti, Press Releases
Today While the Press in the U.S. and Mexico Yawns, Harper Hosts Bush and Calderón in Quebec
illustration by Margaret Scott At today’s meeting in Montebello, Quebec, – which hasn’t exactly made headlines in Washington or Mexico City – the agenda is almost exclusively about expanding business operations drafted by big-business representatives and business-oriented appointees[...]
August 2nd, 2007 - 1:18 pm § in Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Front Page, Mexico, Nicaragua, Opinion, Peru, Populism, Press Releases, St. Lucia, Venezuela
The Bush White House, Condoleezza Rice, and Latin America: “Transformational Diplomacy” and Other Fancy Talk
Through implementation of her “Transformational Diplomacy” initiative, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has aimed to reinvigorate the State Department, lifting it from the defunct Cold War-style diplomacy of the post-World War II era to a fresh 21st century and globally-oriented policy m[...]
July 27th, 2007 - 2:54 pm § in Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Caribbean, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Front Page, Guyana, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Reports, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago
CARICOM and Washington Commission a New Chapter in U.S.-Caribbean Relations
Another in a Series of COHA Caribbean-Related Reports For the first time in ten years, heads of state from the fifteen-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the United States came together at the “Conference on the Caribbean: A 20/20 Vision” held in Washington, D.C., from June 19 – 21, [...]
Barbados Creates Rift Within CARICOM
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) calls for an international investigation into former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s removal from office An opportunistic Prime Minister, Owen Arthur, has led Barbados to break ranks with CARICOM by acknowledging Haiti’s Interim Government (IGH), led [...]
Amazon Rainforest, Barbados and Haiti and the Bolton Nomination
Destruction of the Amazon Rainforest News reports on May 19 announced that more than 10,000 square miles of the Amazon rainforest had been deforested over the last year – an area the size of Massachusetts. Not only is the Amazon rainforest an area of breathtaking beauty and unparalleled biodiversi[...]