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		<title>Barbados Ahead of the Pack as the Most Competitive Country in the Caribbean</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barbados steps ahead of much of the rest of the Caribbean Basin, including the English-speaking Caribbean islands, in terms of its quality of life. The United Nations’ annual Human Development Report (HDR) showcases the Human Development Index (HDI) principles. Over the past two decades, it has been ranking its 187 member states and regions, while providing data on the measurement of three basic societal dimensions: health, education, and income. Barbados, a tourist destination with a population of approximately 280,000, has an HDI of 0.793, which translates to a rank of 47 out of 187 countries, leading all of the other English-speaking islands in its qualitative ranking in 2011; this represents an impressive improvement in its standing over the previous year. With respect to the Caribbean and Latin American region, Barbados, which was deemed the only “developed” country in the 2010 HDR and labeled by the Commonwealth Secretariat’s 2011 economic report as “the most competitive country in the Caribbean”, is above average for the region (0.731) and merits being placed in the ‘Very High Human Development’ category. Barbados is ranked third throughout the Americas and Caribbean for its HDI and first in the Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index. Accordingly, in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Economy Blinded by the Sun</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:48:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’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 and increased competition between transnational corporations could pose another considerable threat to vulnerable Caribbean nations that are often ill-equipped to retaliate against more economically formidable societies. As far back as the eighteenth century, national economies experienced the initial phases of industrial capitalism. During this era imperial powers, such as England and Spain, exploited the colonies, forcing them to export raw materials to the mother-countries for processing, which prevented the Caribbean islands from achieving a proper degree of progress. For instance, the island nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis historically had come to depend heavily upon on sugar exports and had the potential to complete the entire production process from inception to launch. However, raw sugar was then required to be shipped to England for refinement, after which the Saint Kitts and Nevis government had to pay to import granulated sugar back to their island.[1] In the 1960s, after centuries of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The U.S. Military&#8217;s Presence in the Greater Caribbean Basin: More a Matter of Trade Strategy and Ideology than Drugs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington’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 would prove a recurring obstacle to fulfillment of U.S. policy goals in the region. Two of the facilities soon to be available to the U.S. are located in the Caribbean region &#8211; the military port in Cartagena and the air base in Malambo &#8211; and will serve the needs of the U.S. Navy. The new Caribbean coast facilities will join an array of existing U.S. military establishments in the region dating back to 1903. Up to now, the official raison d’etre for a U.S. presence in the Caribbean was to combat drug trafficking. However, the proliferation of security threats, in particular developments possibly against the interests of Chávez’s Venezuela, has led some to argue that no matter how much Washington’s officials deny it, an unspoken reason for the U.S. deployment to Colombia is to keep Chavez under check. With the Washington-Bogotá decision, it is necessary to discuss the relationship between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Barbadian first&#8221; policy flogs Guyanese in Barbados</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 David Thompson May 5. This amnesty measure resulted in the deportation of Guyanese to resolve the professed rising crime rates and poverty epidemic in Barbados. The 30th Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which took place in Guyana’s capital of Georgetown at the beginning of the month, was originally slated to be the arena for finding a reasonable solution to Barbados’ steadily worsening social problems. For a number of years, a struggling economy and persisting racial tensions in Guyana has led to extensive job loss, a decreased standard of living, and continuous uncertainty in the minds of the Guyanese population. When it comes to uncertainty, there should be none regarding the long time lack of good governance in Guyana ever since the Jagans were replaced by Bharrat Jagdeo after the regrettable passing of that great husband-and-wife team from the scene. Speaking about bad government, Barbados now finds that there is so much of it in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating the Life of Errol Walton Barrow, Pan-Carribeanist</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 British rule, which culminated in 1966, and his steadfast advocacy of the Caribbean’s ability to proceed with becoming a prosperous area based on its own resources, rather than eternally depending on external assistance. An almost unknown figure before his rise to meteoric prominence, Barrow will long be lauded as one of Barbados’ and the Caribbean’s enduring heroes. Born January 21, 1920, Barrow’s commitment to achieving Barbadian sovereignty should have come as no surprise, since he was born into a family of political activists from whom he took his nationalist calling. While Barrow was indeed a staunch nationalist and supporter of Barbadian autonomy, he nevertheless was quick to join the war effort by enlisting in the British Royal Air Force during World War II. Thereafter, he studied law at the Inns of Court and pursued a degree in economics at the London School of Economics. It was during this period that he would [...]]]></description>
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