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David Thompson’s legacy
The following editorial was published by the Jamaica Gleaner on Tuesday, October 26, 2010.
PANCAP and the HIV/AIDS challenge in the Caribbean
Importance of partnerships and human rights in the global, regional and national response to hiv and aids: Address by he kofi a annan to the Tenth Annual General Meeting of the pan Caribbean Partnership against hiv and aids (pancap) 31 october 2010, st maartenThank you for that warm welcome.
Blaming the victim
A Comment by Norman GirvanThe Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI, based in Waterloo, Ontario Canada) has jointly published with the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI, based on the UWI Mona Campus) a paper on the impact of the Caribbean EPA.
The Region: Gangsters, politicians, cocaine and bankers
By Horace Campbell Reprinted from the Trinidad & Tobago ReviewEdward SeagaThe arrest of Christopher “Dudus” Coke in a road block in Jamaica on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 opens the possibility once and for all to reveal the full extent of the corruption of the politics of Jamaica and the Caribbean by the rulers in collaboration with the intelligence, commercial and banking infrastructures of the United StatesFrom the streets of West Kingston to the hills of Port of Spain, Trinidad to Guyana and down to Brazil, gunmen (called warlords) allied and integrated into the international banking system had taken over communities and acted as do-gooders when the neo-liberal forces downgraded local government services.
Regional Affairs – Food and folly:
Can CARICOM deliver a paradigm shift in food and nutrition security? The realization of yet another draft Regional Policy For Food and Nutrition Security for the Caribbean is a small step on a road littered with challenges.