A race has begun for economic advantage in Cuba
Tomorrow (March 21) President Obama will become the first US President to visit Cuba since 1928.
Tomorrow (March 21) President Obama will become the first US President to visit Cuba since 1928.
On June 23 voters in Britain will decide whether they wish to remain within the European Union (EU).
If you read the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post or some of the world’s other heavyweight newspapers, you may have seen in recent months, articles discussing the abolition of currency.
Globalisation touches us all. Its reach extends far beyond economic issues.
At the last count, something like 619 regional trade agreements had been notified to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Sometime this year, most probably in June or September, the UK electorate will be asked if they want to remain in, or leave the European Union (EU).
Last July, the Financial Times contained as a paid for insert, a glossy brochure offering citizenship-by-investment in the Caribbean.
On February 1 President Castro will begin an official visit to France.
Some years ago, when the banana wars were at their height, the issue for Europe was diversification.
Imagine this. You, a partner or family member is working overseas.
Just before Christmas the Doha Development Round was all but declared as dead.
On December 12 in Paris, France’s Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, brought to a close the UN climate change conference, COP 21.“I
Over the last few years Venezuela has through its PetroCaribe oil and development facility provided an economic lifeline for most Caribbean Basin economies; extending support in a manner that no other country has been willing to replicate.
Each year the elected leaders of Britain’s overseas territories (OTs) gather from around the world to meet with British ministers in London.
In September a special summit of the United Nations General Assembly held in New York saw 193 nations agree to seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).Their
Air China has confirmed that it will inaugurate a Beijing to Havana air service on December 27.
The sensitive subject of terrorism in a Caribbean context is a matter this column has addressed before with some caution.
In geopolitics it is the long game that matters. It is therefore not surprising that Guyana’s President, David Granger, and Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro met separately in Riyadh with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Bin Abdulaziz in Al Saud when they attended recently the fourth summit of Arab and South American Countries.
As with so much in politics it is often what is not seen, said or fully understood that drives events.
In the last few weeks the European Commission (EC) has made available two discussion documents that will change Europe’s future relationship with the Caribbean and Latin America.
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