CARICOMLocal NewsOpinion Weakness of sovereignty exposed: Why CARICOM should stand together by Sir Ronald Sanders 13/12/2025 written by Sir Ronald Sanders 5 min read The Caribbean is living through a moment of rising geopolitical tension. As the United States intensifies pressure on the Maduro government in Venezuela, the ripples reach CARICOM shores fast. None … Continue Reading 13/12/2025 0 comments FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Local NewsOpinion The UN is fading โ We should worry by Sir Ronald Sanders 06/12/2025 by Sir Ronald Sanders 06/12/2025 The United Nations is being starved quietly. This month in New York, the Secretary-General, Antรณnio Guterres, warned the General Assemblyโs budget committee that the UN is entering a โrace to … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Local NewsOpinion Hunger and war: The oldest crime the world still permits by Sir Ronald Sanders 22/11/2025 by Sir Ronald Sanders 22/11/2025 The governments of the worldโs powerful nations have learned to live with disregard for human suffering. That is the bleak truth behind a new UN report whose numbers should shame … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
OpinionRegional Law, power, and the Caribbeanโs test of unity โ in the face of US military action by Sir Ronald Sanders 25/10/2025 by Sir Ronald Sanders 25/10/2025 Four days after the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government reaffirmed the Caribbean as a โZone of Peaceโ, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, KamlaโฏPersadโBissessar, startled the region with a … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Local NewsOpinion A New World Order โ or the formal admission of the Old? by Sir Ronald Sanders 18/10/2025 by Sir Ronald Sanders 18/10/2025 The world has long spoken of a โrules-based orderโ, as though the law itself held dominion over power. Yet, behind the diplomatic courtesies and the fine print of charters, it … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
OpinionRegional Haiti cannot wait by Sir Ronald Sanders 13/09/2025 by Sir Ronald Sanders 13/09/2025 On September 10, all 32 active member states of the Organisation of American States (OAS) signed a joint statement on Haiti. As often happens in diplomacy, not every member state … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Opinion A stinging slap: Did it hurt political power or Press freedom? by Sir Ronald Sanders 19/07/2025 by Sir Ronald Sanders 19/07/2025 When it occurred, in the early 1970s in Guyana, it caused a serious period of apprehension. In what was seen as an abuse of power, a politician in Guyana slapped … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Opinion Weaponised drones could threaten Caribbean security: Early action necessary by Sir Ronald Sanders 12/07/2025 by Sir Ronald Sanders 12/07/2025 The Caribbean faces a new and urgent threat: weaponised drones in criminal hands are rapidly proliferating into the hands of criminal actors, nonโstate militias, and private contractors. What began as … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Opinion Antigua and Barbuda hosts the OAS at a crucial juncture for the Americas by Sir Ronald Sanders 14/06/2025 by Sir Ronald Sanders 14/06/2025 The 55th Regular Session of the General Assembly of the Organisation of American States (OAS) will be held in one of its smallest member states at a time of global … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Opinion UN Security Council fails Ukraine, Gaza and the world by Sir Ronald Sanders 31/05/2025 by Sir Ronald Sanders 31/05/2025 When Russian drones stalk civilians along Ukraineโs Dnipro River and Gazaโs hospitals lie in ruins under relentless bombardment, the world cannot pretend that these are distant crises. Yet the UN … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
