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In geopolitics it is the long game that matters.
It is therefore not surprising that Guyana’s President, David Granger, and Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro met separately in Riyadh with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Bin Abdulaziz in Al Saud when they attended recently the fourth summit of Arab and...

As with so much in politics, it is often what is not seen, said, or fully understood that drives events. This is particularly so in the case of Venezuela’s changing relationship with the countries of CARICOM.
In recent months Caracas has been deepening its sub-regional relations and has escalated its border dispute with Guyana. It has also encouraged CARICOM to be less than emphatic in its support for Georgetown’s position....

Money matters. It will matter a great deal when representatives of about 200 countries meet in Paris from 1 to 11 December to try, yet again, to settle a universally acceptable deal on climate change.
The issues will boil down to how much money it will take to meet the challenges of climate change and who will pay. There is already a commitment to the “goal” of mobilising US$100 billion per year by 2020. But the operative word is “goal”. There is...

Introduction
Being a sexual minority in the Caribbean can be a challenging existence to say the least, often fraught with invisibility and dehumanization. However, while having increased visibility can mean more acceptance and more opportunities for some, it can...