Caribbean

From Iran to Cuba, American Schizophrenia Has Countries Looking to China for Stability

Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 12:12 PM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Politics at the water’s edge Championing good governance and democratic values was long the hallmark of American leadership on the world stage — or so the myth goes. Once, when American diplomats came knocking, nations understood the package deal: aid came with accountability, alliances with expectations. More to the point, American politicians once took pride… Read more.

Jamaica Moves to Oust the King. Sorry, Charlie…

Friday, December 13, 2024 at 11:16 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Jamaica, from monarchy to republic Jamaica is finally removing the British monarch as its head of state. On Wednesday, the government presented a bill to transition the country from a constitutional monarchy to a republic. But this move should come as no surprise. After all, Jamaica has been telegraphing its intent for decades. Britain, like… Read more.

Dominican Republic Showing Trump Admin How to Execute Mass Deportations

Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 9:33 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

A few weeks ago, I observed that Tom Homan, Trump’s “border czar,” comes across like a beat cop playing a military general without having to do so under enemy fire. Listening to him, you’d think he was gearing up for war with Russia, not rounding up scared immigrants like a farmer herding cattle. The Dominican… Read more.

Prosecutor of Trump’s Would-Be Assassin is Haitian Immigrant Markenzy Lapointe: Irony Bites

Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at 6:27 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

The big lie: Haitians eating cats and dogs Donald Trump and “JV” Vance are spreading another big lie — this time targeting Springfield, Ohio. They’re sounding this false alarm: The Haitians are coming, the Haitians are coming, and they’re eating your cats and dogs! The governor of Ohio and the mayor of Springfield, both Republicans,… Read more.

Kenya Sends Troops to Quell Violence in Haiti as Violence Breaks Out in Kenya

Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at 8:50 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Violence breaks out in Kenya The UN deploys international police forces to impose law and order in beleaguered countries. But nobody in their right mind thinks Kenyan police have a snowball’s chance in hell of doing that in Haiti. The Kenyan police landed yesterday. But nothing betrayed the folly of their mission quite like Kenya… Read more.

Widow of Haitian President Orchestrated His Assassination? Haiti Is a Lost Cause

Thursday, February 22, 2024 at 6:29 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

The widow did it She might be a “Black widow.” But, given reports that Martine Moïse orchestrated her husband’s assassination, “queen bee” might be a more fitting title. The wife of Haiti’s former President Jovenel Moïse, Martine Moïse, and the former prime minister Claude Joseph are among 51 people who have been indicted over the assassination of… Read more.

US Abandons Haiti, Leaving Behind a Gangsters’ Paradise

Tuesday, August 22, 2023 at 6:23 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

US abandons Haiti It’s not quite as desperate as the way the US abandoned Vietnam or as chaotic as the way it abandoned Afghanistan. But the way the US is abandoning Haiti is even more shameless and unconscionable. The Department of State warned in a statement of a high threat of violent crime and kidnapping throughout the [country]. It… Read more.

Tragic Death of Myles Munroe: Eulogize, Don’t Canonize, Him

Friday, December 5, 2014 at 5:03 PM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

The tragic death of Dr. Myles Munroe shocked The Bahamas. It evoked a national outpouring of grief that was unprecedented. Moreover, ongoing eulogies seem intended to put him on a fast track to sainthood. We should eulogize him, of course. But let’s resist the temptation to canonize him. This post is in that vein. Indeed, I waited this long to publish… Read more.

Haiti’s Compassionate Poseurs: Failing to Give Donations Pledged

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 5:26 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Donors to Haiti who don’t donate Last January, Haiti was devastated by a catastrophic earthquake, killing an estimated 250,000 people. Still reeling from the aftershocks, the country witnessed global leaders parading their pledges of support for relief and recovery efforts. In that context, I sounded a cautionary, perhaps cynical, note. I warned those managing relief and recovery efforts to beware of… Read more.

CARICOM’s ironic, if not misguided, call to lift the embargo against Cuba

Friday, December 12, 2008 at 5:14 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

At an extraordinary summit in Cuba this week, leaders of all countries in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) called on President-elect Barack Obama to lift America’s nearly 50-year embargo against their host country. As we gather today in Cuba, the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America is still in place…… Read more.