Two events at the Organisation of American States (OAS) in recent months have underscored the soundness of the system by which the …
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
CARICOM deficiencies leading to weakness
I start with the now proven premise that no CARICOM nation is able to prosper on its own. No protestations to the …
New energy needed in the Caribbean
The transformation of the energy sector in Caribbean countries is the key to improving the economies of all of them. Sustainably cheaper …
A world according to Trump
Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy speech on April 27 did not once mention the Caribbean. The Caribbean should be grateful or there might …
Good sense on drugs absent at the UN
For a brief moment it appeared that good sense would prevail and the international community would ditch the failed ‘war on drugs’ …
The names of persons implicated in the leak of the so-called “Panama papers” on April 3 reads like a who’s who of …
Caribbean banking: Defending rights, resisting unfair practices
In January coincidental to my assuming the Presidency of the Permanent Council of the Organisation of American States (OAS), I met, in …
Cuba is an imminent competitor
My commentary this week is an expanded version of a response I gave to a Jamaican journalist who asked me: what are …
Immigration and trade in Politics: Part Two
In the first part of this commentary on Immigration and Trade in politics, the focus was on the present primaries of the …
Immigration and trade: Part One
Trade has become an issue in the political party primaries of the US Presidential elections that holds lessons for the countries of …