Jamaica

The U.S. Military’s Presence in the Greater Caribbean Basin: More a Matter of Trade Strategy and Ideology than Drugs

This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Fellow Alex Sanchez
September 23, 2009

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...

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That uneventful Americas Summit

April 26, 2009

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 Cuba and the absolute marginalisation of the English-speaking Caribbean countries (which I predicted) speak volumes. The summit was another public-relations...

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Can Fading Caribbean Island-States Thrive in the World of Alternative Energy?

This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Associate David Rosenblum Felson
March 25, 2009

- 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 program motivate foreign investors to allow the Caribbean to follow suit? In the ongoing search for a way to reduce global dependence on crude oil, many countries are...

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International bodies question government’s performance

August 15, 2008

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 has been unable to keep its promises as outlined in its manifesto, and that the economy continues to lurch in the wrong direction with the administration to date unable...

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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

This analysis was prepared by Research Fellow Alex Sanchez
December 12, 2007

    • 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 violence in Jamaica is gang-related and how much is politically-motivated? • Jamaica does not need “chameleon” politics; it needs leadership
After three months in power, Jamaican Prime Minister Orette Bruce Golding has his work...

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