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By David Jessop | Sunday, May 3, 2009 | 0 Comments
The View from Europe
It is not easy to obtain accurate and up-to-date statistics on the value of the food that the Caribbean imports, whether to …
By David Jessop | Sunday, April 26, 2009 | 0 Comments
A change in approach at the summit
Look closely at the official photograph taken at the start of the Fifth Summit of the Americas and it …
By David Jessop | Sunday, April 19, 2009 | 0 Comments
A turning point
As this is being written, the fifth Summit of the Americas is about to begin in Trinidad. Although this hemispheric event had as …
By David Jessop | Sunday, April 5, 2009 | 0 Comments
The issue of climate change has been obscured by the global financial crisis
For the last week, the world has watched as the leaders of its …
By David Jessop | Sunday, March 29, 2009 | 0 Comments
The View from Europe
(Executive Director of the Caribbean Council for Europe)
Washington is a city of think tanks, each vying to influence policy.
These financially well-endowed bodies …
By David Jessop | Sunday, March 22, 2009 | 0 Comments
The View from Europe
(David Jessop is the Executive Director of the caribbean Council for Europe)
Observe closely how volatile public opinion is becoming in Europe and …
By David Jessop | Sunday, March 15, 2009 | 0 Comments
Enter a new super-power to the region
When Jamaica’s Usain Bolt effortlessly won the one hundred metres in the August 2008 Beijing Olympics it became one …
By David Jessop | Sunday, March 8, 2009 | 2 Comments
The Caribbean should not expect a dramatically changed relationship with the US
In a few weeks time the President of the United States, Barack Obama, will …
By David Jessop | Sunday, March 1, 2009 | 0 Comments
(Executive Director of the Caribbean Council for Europe)
The global order is changing. Driven by the economic crisis, the gradual drift of economic power away from …
By David Jessop | Sunday, February 22, 2009 | 1 Comment
The Caribbean has to look beyond the pain of the economic crisis and ask what kind of model they wish to have
Whatever the outcome, it …
By David Jessop | Sunday, February 15, 2009 | 0 Comments
The new tourism market is becoming more segmented
Across the Caribbean, governments and the tourism industry are developing new strategies and initiatives aimed at trying to …
By David Jessop | Sunday, February 8, 2009 | 0 Comments
In times of financial crisis social cohesion is essential
News that the Government and Central Bank of Trinidad have intervened to take control of some of …
By David Jessop | Sunday, February 1, 2009 | 0 Comments
De-globalisation through inertia?
In these last weeks, a new word has entered the English language. It is one that is on the lips of the leaders …
By David Jessop | Sunday, January 25, 2009 | 0 Comments
A little light for the Caribbean in the global gloom
As the global financial crisis begins to have an increasingly potent effect on the Caribbean, governments …
By David Jessop | Sunday, January 18, 2009 | 0 Comments
Change is coming in Cuba
In the last week Cuba has hosted receptions around the world to mark the fiftieth anniversary of its socialist revolution. In …
By David Jessop | Sunday, January 11, 2009 | 0 Comments
In the present crisis national social partnerships have value
A few days ago something quite extraordinary happened.
The German government, as they have many times before, went …
By David Jessop | Sunday, December 21, 2008 | 0 Comments
The year 2009 will be a difficult one for the Caribbean
For many, for reasons of family, religion and tradition, Christmas is both a moment of …
By David Jessop | Sunday, December 14, 2008 | 0 Comments
There has to be a focus on survival strategies before the region is overwhelmed
David Jessop is the Executive Director of the Caribbean Council for Europe
On …
By David Jessop | Sunday, December 7, 2008 | 0 Comments
Europe has created the conditions for the perfect economic storm in the Caribbean
On November 24, Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer (Finance Minister), Alistair Darling, proposed …
By David Jessop | Sunday, November 30, 2008 | 0 Comments
Cariforum nations should follow Jamaica’s initiative in relation to Cuba
On December 8 in Santiago de Cuba, Caribbean heads of government and representatives of a range of …
