On U.S. Visas, Tickets—And Debates

 -as reported in my Stabroek News…

Both a recent visit to the United States Embassy’s Consular Section in Kingston, Georgetown and that component of the American Election Season which was the Presidential Debates, prompted this brief piece.

Oh, the lure of a United States visa, or better yet, that Blue American Passport- a real or perceived international safety net for millions of the world’s poorer travellers – and the wicked and the wealthy running from their