Stories by David Jessop

In the last few years, the world has seen the emergence of what has become known as post-factual politics.This is the practice whereby some running for high office speak untruths, draw factually incorrect conclusions, and provide no policy detail....

Some years ago, when the banana wars were at their height, the issue for Europe was diversification.Then, the world was very different, the scope of what was possible was limited, and the services sector was not much thought about in Europe as the...

Air China has confirmed that it will inaugurate a Beijing to Havana air service on December 27.The flight, which will extend the airline's relatively new, three times a week, Beijing to Montreal service, will take about 20 hours in all to reach Cuba...

In the last few weeks, the European Commission (EC) has made available two discussion documents that will change Europe's future relationship with the Caribbean and Latin America.The first, published on October 6, is on what might follow the present...

A little over a week ago, British parliamentarian Sir Eric Pickles - a cabinet member until May of this year and a former chairman of the Conservative Party - told the London Guardian that British Prime Minister David Cameron was determined to have...

The Caribbean has just 18 congressional working days from today, September 20, to try to have the United States Congress or the District of Columbia address an act naming seventeen Caribbean nations as 'tax havens'.If passed without amendment it...

Each time CARICOM heads of government meet, they include language in their final communique on the Guyana-Venezuela border dispute.However, at their encounter next month in Barbados, the matter will no longer be about a dormant claim, but one that...

On May 7, the people of the United Kingdom will vote in a general election.There was a time when this might have had some bearing on the Caribbean; however, at best, and whatever the result, the effect will be marginal for all but Britain's Overseas...