Plain Talk
Debt, discontent, democracy: Why SVG must protect its soul
The illusion of development We measure development by material advancement, and in a mad rush to achieve “developed” status, our…
‘Family or financial shackles? The true cost of SVG’s Taiwan ties’
Are our diplomatic relations with Taiwan worthwhile? “A country does not have permanent friends, only permanent interests.” Lord Palmerston (1784…
St Vincent’s elections petition case
The elections petition case A legal slugging match is on the way in the High Court in Kingstown. Presided over…
Cuba is Now the Caribbean Region’s Gaza
“The goal of broad-based US sanctions should be to deny money and supplies to Cuba, to decrease monetary and real…
Caribbean reparationists takes step to reparatory justice
A high-powered delegation of Caribbean reparationists ramped up the push for reparations during a visit to London early this week…
It’s time for SVG to get serious about culture
Jamaica got Reggae; Trinidad got calypso and carnival; Barbados got Crop Over with Soca on the Hill; St. Lucia got…
Jomo talks about the triumph of flesh and rum in SVG
If SVG was on a slow boil over the last few weeks, carnival fever is expected to rise to deliriously…
Cuba’s Unbroken Spirit and the World’s Silence
“We’re rebels. We defeated Batista in 1959. We survived the Bay of Pigs. We endured the Special Period when the…
Recklessness of US & Israel is wrecking the world
Rafael Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, rejected American/Israeli allegations claiming that it found no credible…
Condemning Cuba While Embracing Arab Despots
CARICOM, Cuba and West Berlin “The delusion lies with those who take the doings of the Trump regime as anything…
Tracing US Aggression from Chávez to Today
Vietnam and Venezuela On April 4, 1967, exactly one year before he was brutally gunned down by forces hostile to…
Jomo talks about the end of an era
The End of an Era On the day when Vincentians in the American Diaspora celebrated Thanksgiving, Vincentians at home served…
