Antillean Media Group

21/03/2021

Transformative infrastructure projects are critical for the Caribbean, but so is insurance against the increased risks of climate change. How can leaders secure coverage for their most important projects?

At a time when Caribbean infrastructure revitalization is critical, the Caribbean property and casualty insurance industry has become more selective than ever before in what they choose to underwrite. How can leaders secure insurance for their most important projects?

26/02/2021

Despite record low tourist arrivals, the holiday period saw many countries in the Caribbean experience a surge in infections from both imported cases of the virus and local indiscipline. But travel restrictions will not see the rapid return of a tourism industry that is vital to the region’s economy:

Without widespread immunisation and vaccine passports, it is hard to see how the the viability of Caribbean tourism could be restored, let alone the high intensity contact necessary to provide visitor services.

24/02/2021

Commonwealth Secretary-General, Baroness Patricia Scotland, calls out health inequalities as a human rights concern for small states, as access to life-saving COVID vaccines remains severely hampered in the developing world.

Commonwealth Secretary-General calls out health inequalities as a human rights concern for poor countries and small states, as access to life-saving SARS-COV-2 vaccines remains severely hampered in the developing world.

06/12/2020

Through its Secretary-General, Luis Almagro, the Organization of American States was complicit in the effort to nullify the 2019 election result in Bolivia, and to install a right-wing caretaker government until new elections were held. The return of Morales’ party to the Presidency, as well as the defeat of Donald Trump in the recent US elections, is a reckoning for the OAS and, by extension, the CARICOM Member States that have often broken ranks to support Washington-led interference in Latin America.

The defeat of Donald Trump in the recent US elections is a reckoning for the OAS and, by extension, the CARICOM Member States that have often broken ranks to support Washington-led interference in Latin America.

23/11/2020

While the Biden-Harris administration may reverse some of the US’ transactional and divisive foreign policy pursuits, the Caribbean needs to work together if it intends to realize more significant gains with the new administration which, no doubt, will be preoccupied with its domestic crises

While the Biden-Harris administration may reverse some of the US' transactional and divisive foreign policy pursuits, the Caribbean needs to work together if it intends to realize more significant gains with the new administration which, no doubt, will be preoccupied with its domestic crises.

07/11/2020

Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley, congratulates United States President-Elect, Joe Biden

01/02/2019

The rankings measure the extent of bribery, diversion of public funds, the use of public office for private gain, nepotism in the civil service, and the influence of private interests in a state's decision-making process.

Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index for 2018 ranked thirteen Caribbean governments on a range of corruption indicators. The rankings are far from perfect, however.

25/01/2019

With the decision to recognise a parallel government in Venezuela, interventionist foreign policy has been ratcheted up in the Americas. If left unchecked, it has unpredictable consequences for the hemisphere. We look at recent developments in Venezuela, and an increased adversarial rhetoric towards Cuba.

With the decision to recognise a parallel government in Venezuela, a foreign policy informed by ideology has been ratcheted up in the Americas. If left unchecked, it has far-reaching implications for the hemisphere.

13/03/2018

President Trump has removed Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State, and he will nominate CIA Director, Mike Pompeo, as his successor. To our analysts, this suggests an even narrower focus on national security in US foreign policy, and even further challenges to the beleaguered US-Caribbean Strategic Engagement Strategy, which was started under President Obama.

The move bring major changes as the United States deals with delicate foreign policy efforts such as possible outreach to North Korea.

31/10/2017

In addition to monitoring Eric Williams, the future Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago at Howard University, the FBI and the Central Intelligence Agency closely monitored Williams’ shift from academia into politics and sought to gather embarrassing personal details from William’s ex-wife in an attempt to hurt his chances during an election

A FOIA request to the National Archives from early 2015 has finally yielded the Federal Bureau of Investigation file on historian and first prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Eric Williams. In addition to the FBI monitoring Williams during his tenure at Howard University, the file contains repor...

23/10/2017

Asot Michael, Antigua & Barbuda's now-former Minister of Tourism and Investment, was arrested as he disembarked a British Airways flight in London this morning. Prime Minister Gaston Browne revealed that he received the news from Antigua and Barbuda’s High Commissioner in London, Karen-Mae Hill, and subsequently relieved Michael from his Cabinet position

Asot Michael's appointment as Minister of Tourism and Investment for Antigua & Barbuda has been revoked following his arrest in London this morning

15/10/2017

Using GDP per capita as a marker of development sees islands like Dominica being viewed as equivalent to economies such as China, making most of the Caribbean ineligible for development aid, and dependent on debt from capital markets

The Caribbean faces a cycle of disaster, meagre recovery and debt if the wealthiest countries insist on assessing development by GDP indicators