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David Jessop

February 3, 2021

COMMENTARY — US urged to drop Cuba sanctions

In the dying days of the Donald Trump presidency in the United States, the State Department designated Cuba a “state sponsor of terrorism.” Regrettably, the measure will slow efforts by …

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by David Jessop
January 27, 2021

COMMENTARY — Responding to Washington’s new hemispheric thinking

Joe Biden is now that 46th president of the United States, and many governments and individuals around the world are breathing a collective sigh of relief. This is not because …

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by David Jessop
January 20, 2021

COMMENTARY — Full Caribbean tourism recovery seen as a possibility after 2021

Last year was a disaster for Caribbean tourism. Estimates suggest that visitor arrivals to the region fell by 75 percent in the last three quarters of 2020, causing overall Caribbean …

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by David Jessop
January 6, 2021

COMMENTARY — Post-election, Venezuela’s future considered

It is hard to know what the future holds for Venezuela, its opposition leader Juan Guaidó, or the present United States-led policy that emphasises sanctions and isolation. Last week, as …

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by David Jessop
December 16, 2020

COMMENTARY — Post-election, Venezuela’s future considered

It is hard to know what the future holds for Venezuela, its opposition leader Juan Guaidó, or the present United States-led policy that emphasises sanctions and isolation. Last week, as …

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by David Jessop
December 9, 2020

COMMENTARY — Writer says democracy alone is ‘not enough’ in Caribbean

This was the year when much of the Caribbean went to the polls. General elections were held in Anguilla, Belize, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts and Nevis, …

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by David Jessop
December 2, 2020

COMMENTARY — Logistical challenges predicted to follow Covid-19 vaccine

In the past few days, Pfizer BioNTech, a German-United States company, and the US company Moderna have separately announced that the Covid-19 vaccines they have been developing have proved 95 …

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by David Jessop
November 25, 2020

COMMENTARY — Caribbean expected to feel the effects of US election

It is easy to share the excitement felt across the Caribbean at United States President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the polls. However, a calmer voice within suggests that while the …

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by David Jessop
November 10, 2020

COMMENTARY — US’s Caribbean policy analysed

A few days ago, the United States ambassador in Kingston, Donald Tapia, gave an exclusive interview to the Jamaica Observer. In it, he said that Jamaica has to make a …

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by David Jessop
June 10, 2020

COMMENTARY — Call made for regional tourism protocol

Since late April there have been virtually no tourist arrivals in the Caribbean. In recent days, however, several countries have announced plans to reopen to international travel, albeit in a …

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by David Jessop
May 6, 2020

COMMENTARY — Ideas offered for regional tourism recovery

The challenge that is now facing almost every Caribbean nation is how best to recover the tourism economy, without which future economic growth and sustainable tax revenues will be all …

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by David Jessop
April 15, 2020

COMMENTARY — Call made for honest leadership as Caribbean fights COVID-19

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently said of the coronavirus epidemic, “The stress, the emotion, is just incredible, and rightfully so. It is a situation that is one of the …

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by David Jessop
April 1, 2020

COMMENTARY — Call made to start considering a post-virus economic strategy

The Caribbean is about to experience a crisis of a kind that no one in the region or anywhere else in the world could have predicted. The COVID-19 coronavirus, which …

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by David Jessop
March 18, 2020

COMMENTARY — Trump’s Cuba policy draws scrutiny

Two weeks ago, Caribbean Community heads of government passed a resolution critical of United States’ policy towards Cuba. Under normal circumstances, this would not be worthy of comment: The region …

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by David Jessop
October 9, 2019

COMMENTARY — As US sanctions Cubans, Russia seen to build Caribbean presence

Sometime next month, Russia Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is expected to travel to Cuba. His visit is likely to cement the two nations’ future bilateral relations. It comes after months …

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by David Jessop
September 26, 2019

COMMENTARY — China’s growing influence seen in Caribbean

A few days ago, the Solomon Islands, Taiwan’s largest ally in the Pacific, recognised China. Beijing’s success in encouraging the island grouping to do so is the latest indication of …

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by David Jessop
September 18, 2019

Commentary — Cruise tourism gets a hard look

Cruise tourism has become a big business, with the Caribbean now accounting for more than 35 percent of all such vacations globally. This year more ships will sail in or …

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by David Jessop
September 4, 2019

COMMENTARY — Climate change seen as dire threat in region

In recent weeks, new evidence has been published suggesting that scientists are now 99 percent certain that human activity is causing global warming. As if to validate this, temperatures in …

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by David Jessop

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