News
-
Latin America After Chávez
HISTORY will affirm, justifiably, the role Hugo Chávez played in the integration of Latin America, and the significance of his 14-year presidency to the poor people of Venezuela, where he died on Tuesday after a long struggle with cancer. However, before history is allowed to dictate our interpretation of the past, we must first have a clear understanding of Mr.…
Read More » -
EDITORIAL – Life after Chávez
KINGSTON, Jamaica – AS WRENCHING as it may still have been for his mass of supporters around the world, few could claim that Tuesday's death of Hugo Chávez, the charismatic and controversial president of Venezuela, had been entirely unexpected. There was a sense that statements in recent days by his deputy, Nicolas Maduro, about the deteriorated state of Chávez's health…
Read More » -
UWI panel on Chavez today
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Interim President of Venezuela Nicholas Maduro may likely win the upcoming election following the death of Hugo Chavez and his approach may be the same as Chavez’s, says Dr Mark Kirton of UWI’s Institute of International Relations. He spoke yesterday ahead of today’s panel discussion on Chavez by the institute. The midday discussion also features…
Read More » -
Jamaica turned back as many CARICOM nationals as Barbados, CCJ told
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A senior Jamaican immigration official yesterday conceded, during the Shanique Myrie trial before the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), that there was no significant disparity in the number of Caribbean nationals denied entry to Barbados in the last five years when compared to Jamaica. The admission by Ephieum Allen, the acting deputy director for immigration at the…
Read More » -
Not ‘sweet’ WICB cricket
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – THE West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is currently immersed in arrangements for its annual general meeting on March 27 at a time when the governing body of this region’s most popular game continues to reveal serious leadership weaknesses, and an alarming consistency for ignoring well-intentioned “time-for-change” recommendations. Perhaps some of the best known major recommendations…
Read More »