The ease with which developed countries appoint heads of international and multi-national organisations (sometimes in the guise of an election) is not …
Ronald Sanders
Ronald Sanders
Sir Ronald Sanders is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States and the OAS. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto. The views expressed are his own
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), which has tormented small Caribbean economies for five decades with austerity measures and fierce conditionalities, has been …
For anyone following the US Presidential campaigns, it has been a volatile voyage with great uncertainty about whether Donald Trump or Hillary …
BREXIT: No one won
The result of the British referendum to leave the European Union (EU) has already left a trail of culprits, victims and intended …
BREXIT creates EU-Britain nightmare for the Caribbean
The 12 English-speaking independent countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have at the most two years to formulate a plan for dealing …
The OAS: Not a moment for pride
On June 23, the Permanent Council of the Organisation of American States (OAS) held a meeting called by the Secretary-General, Luis Almagro, …
Governments failed the OAS at its 46th Assembly
The 46th General Assembly of the Organisation of American States (OAS) was not a successful event. This judgement is in no way …
Let the voices of the Haitian people be heard
“International interests in Haiti, in addition to checking off an ‘elections done’ box, are largely defined by controlling emigration, maintaining stability, and …
There is a certain illogic in the reaction of both the UN Secretary-General and the US State Department over the findings of …
Symbolism and St Lucian imagination
All religions in the history of the world have made use of symbolism, for every religious movement has attempted to express man’s …