Caribbean

Trinidad & Tobago now a Level-3 threat designation

Due to a surge in violent crime and a state of emergency since last December, Trinidad and Tobago has been placed on the U.S. State Department’s Level 3 – “reconsider travel” list. Gang activity, shootings, and kidnappings have plagued the country, under a temporary state of emergency issued in December and renewed in January. Travel […]

Antigua & Barbuda PM Browne threatens to sodomize lawyer

In an unhinged social media post, Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne threatened to sodomize a man over the lawsuit concerning the seized yacht Alfa Nero.. “You need a bull-bud up your ass for all the defamatory $uckery that you are spreading,” the prime minister told the man, American attorney Martin DeLuca, in a

Chinese proxy poised to run OAS

China’s patient diplomacy is paying off as its proxy readies to head the Organization of American States. This is part of Beijing’s penetration and subversion of Western security institutions worldwide.

Chinese Communist Party puts Panama ports sale on hold

(CNN) “Chinese antitrust regulators are investigating a US consortium’s deal for two ports in the Panama Canal zone, reportedly delaying the deal’s closing that was originally set for next week,” CNN reports. “President Donald Trump has incorrectly claimed China controls the canal (Panama controls it, although China owns ports on both sides of the crucial

Browne govt won’t say whether taxpayers will fund scandal’s legal costs

“The Antigua and Barbuda government has confirmed that it is assembling a legal defense team to fight a U.S. court subpoena involving Prime Minister Gaston Browne, his family, and several government officials,” Antigua Newsroom reports. “During the Post-Cabinet Media Briefing, Ambassador Lionel Hurst dismissed the case as ‘frivolous’ and ‘filled with untruths,’ maintaining that the

‘Real financial records’ will show where yacht seizure money went

The “real financial records” of the Antigua and Barbuda government’s seizure of a megayacht will reveal where the money from the sale went, an attorney for the yacht’s owner contends. Prime Minister Gaston Browne’s government rejects claims that it withheld records or was anything but transparent, the Associated Press reports, but the network of entities

China ‘has undoubtedly infiltrated the Caribbean’

(Caribbean Life) “Chinese influence in the Caribbean and Latin America has increased dramatically over the last two decades. Considering the uncertainties regarding recent activities or the lack of involvement from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in the region, China might extend its influence even further, for it has undoubtedly infiltrated the Caribbean

Yellow flag for Antigua & Barbuda on proposed US visa list

“Antigua and Barbuda is among dozens of countries that could face travel restrictions to the United States under a draft proposal being considered by the Trump administration, according to reports from The New York Times and Reuters,” the Antigua Observer reports. “The New York Times report, authored by Charlie Savage, Ken Bensinger, and Allison McCann,

Antigua’s new passport sales allow ‘5 generations’ of relatives

Antigua and Barbuda have created an “expansive definition of ‘dependents,’ which can include children up to age 30, spouses, parents, grandparents, and unmarried siblings,” Latitude Residency & Citizenship service reports. Latitude posted a video interview with two of the country’s top Citizenship by Investment (CBI) officials, CEO Charmaine Quinland-Donovan and Ambassador Jeffrey Hadeed. In the

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