Proud of yah. The Barbadian Foreign Minister will be not be meeting with Pompeo in Kingston.
Do not accept divide and rule.
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Congrats Barbados PM
In reply to Chrissy
Now watch a travel advisory pop up on CNN.
In reply to Chrissy
Great news and real prod of Bim
In reply to Chrissy
Hope she can build prosperity for her people without the support of Uncle Sam.
In reply to Chrissy
In reply to Chrissy
Big woman dat! What a turnaround for Barbados...
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In reply to Ewart
in the context of the lead post what does that mean?
In reply to bravos
I read today how Trinidad opposition senator slammed Rowley for not sending someone.
It is why TT opposition is unfit to govern
yeah while the backroom is obsessed with pedo Trump, the Bim PM gives a lesson in leadership!
The rest will go like the good sheep they are.
In reply to Emir
Mad and unfit !
Familiar ?
Rowley agreed with PM Mia Mottley - not sending anyone either.
You do not divide and rule CARICOM.
In reply to Emir
You mean di suck up posse
In reply to nitro
KYS! Sometimes a likkle dignity is better than racist crumbs.
No one should have attended - you cannot lock up children of our hemisphere in cages and then tell us a damned thing about shared values.-----
You are shameless and lack both pride and human dignity.
Allyuh will do anything fi trinkets.
In reply to Ewart
The Chairperson of CARICOM had to do that or CARICOM would have no meaning.
In reply to bravos
In reply to Emir Chrissy et
Full article.
In reply to bravos
Thanks
Jamaica and bahamas have always been sell outs
In reply to sudden
Post-Manley Jamaica
In reply to Chrissy
the federation?
In reply to sudden
That's true.
Bet you don't know my dad was a Federal Minister
In reply to Chrissy
didnt know Guyana was in the Federation?
In reply to sudden
Then BG and BH had observer status
In reply to Chrissy
interesting. did he say whether it could have worked?
Romanticsm about the failed socialism system and lightweight Caribbean unity still abound with the highly educated but street smart dunce intellectuals.
In reply to sudden
He was pro-Federation
In reply to nitro
is the USA govt a federal system?
In reply to sudden
Re Sell-out:
Dat was the Doctor: One from 10 leave naught!
Not Jamaica who eastern peeps wanted to pay more than half the cost of the Federation with less than half the seats. (It is called no federation without representation).
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The Communication Ministry release, which was issued after Charles spoke, quoted Rowley as saying: Prime Minister Mottley has the full support of the Government and the people of Trinidad and Tobago in outlining our principles and vision of Caribbean unity. In the expectation of Caribbean unity, the Prime Minister of Barbados speaks for Trinidad and Tobago.
However, Charles claimed that T&T had surrendered regional leadership and is no longer invited to major regional meetings. He added: Ms Mottleys position highlights Trinidad and Tobagos diplomatic isolation, the surrender of our leadership role within Caricom and the need for countries such as Barbados to pursue our interests in the global arena. Were literally on Caricoms B Team, with Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana and even St Vincent.
Its an axiom of diplomacy that once a country isnt seated at the table participating in discussions then it may very well find itself on the menu. Hapless Keith Rowley and his woefully incompetent Foreign Minister Dennis Moses and a totally demoralised Foreign Ministry arent up to the task of promoting Trinidad and Tobagos interests globally.
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T&T 'not invited'.
Bim doesn't go...ok we go take dat...
Idiots....
In reply to sudden
you so funny ....I almost spit my coffee onto my keyboard when you asked for clarity here
See...I been quiet..I aint brag and I aint rubbing in what Leadership looks like...
I am observing the excuses and explanations to make it look like nothing important
But it is.
We all know this...
I am saddened by the attempt at indifference by JA...a land that I love dearly.
but as always...these things speak to leadership
The Topics alone...about discussing relations with the USA and CARICOM kind of puts the lie to the statement that its about Individual pursuits only.
The divide is real...and it ought not to be so.
we go do more business with China! fack Trump
In reply to TriniStar
I have it on good authority that this is part of the "reasoning"
Our Region has increasingly been doing more and more business with China.
Pompeo says no divide intended and that all are invited...
suuuuuuuuuurrrreeeeeeee
In reply to powen001
Isn't that funny...
They're not trying to divide yet some weren't invited. Now, he says all were invited.
Straight out of the Trump administration play book.
In reply to powen001
to varying degrees of lip service all Bim PMs (except Tom) have been solid on the"a friend of all a satellite of none" Barrow foreign policy
Watch these clown Premiers bawl if Spanky
cuts the 500 million in aid to the Caribbean
that is given yearly..
They are big fishes in a small pond.
Oh, they are toughies to one another.
In reply to sgtdjones
You are missing the point. Because you are small and poor you must allow yourself to be a doormat?
In reply to Chrissy
fix link..
In reply to FuzzyWuzzy
I am not missing anything when the Caribbean
owes American Banks over a trillion dollars,
you stay humble.
We have an unstable genius in the White House, tread softly, till a change occurs.
Think about what happened when England stop buying sugar and bananas from the Caribbean, the results, based on joining the European nations.
In reply to sgtdjones
What do we export to the states?
In reply to sgtdjonesI
owes American Banks over a trillion dollars
where you get that figure, Caribbean does not owe half a trillion dollars and that include non American entities!
In reply to camos
don't even bother bro..
In reply to FuzzyWuzzy
Tourism.
In reply to nitro
True but not exclusively. Barbados for example do better in Europe and Canada
In reply to camos
I just called the US embassy to get the latest numbers. They faxed me the below with no link.
is dominated by banks. Total assets of the financial systems in the region averaged
320 percent of GDP, with 149 percent of GDP held by banks. However, limited access to
credit and high interest rates still stifle private sector business expansion in some
countries.
GDP of Latin America and the Caribbean.....5,722 US (Billions)
Average debt owed .....71 %
The January 2009 collapse of the Trinidad and Tobago-based CL Financial Group was a major financial shock to the Caribbean region. The collapse reflected a weak insurance regulatory
environment and the rapid deterioration in the global economy and left a hole of about
3½ percent of GDP on average across Caribbean countries, but as high as 12 percent in Trinidad and Tobago and 10 percent of GDP in ECCU countries.
Don't let bobolee do the math for you, you can calculate the above by yourself.
In reply to sgtdjones
in 2017 the Caribbean GDP was less than $70 billion US dollars?
In reply to FuzzyWuzzy
The US stats mix us with Latin America...
The region exported $1.08 trillion last year.
Mexico and the Caribbean region were above-average in regional export
The main exports from the Caribbean to the EU and USA are fuel and mining products, notably petroleum gas and oils, bananas, sugar and rum, minerals (notably gold, corundum, aluminium oxide and hydroxide), iron ore products, and fertilisers.
Imports from US aprox 2 billion ...last figures 2017
In reply to camos
The number includes Latin America...my error
The US doesn't have stats for the Caribbean islands only.I don't know why?
In reply to TriniStar
Yes we will! Link Text
America still feel they are needed I see so much Chinese investment in T&T now let Pompeo hush he ass
In reply to camos
It have no shame,copy and paste everything,even misinfo...
bout embassy fax he...steups...
He talking GDP now...and he more wrong,he don't even know T&T's..and it alone far exceeds that 5 billion plus he quoting, by about 4 of times ! He should've known that 'by heart'.
And we dont run on US aid and our debt ratios are not bad,our debts are very well serviced ..
In reply to sgtdjones
If you go into the CIA website you will find individual countries GDP,you can then aggregate those to get a regional picture.
In reply to bravos
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Trinidad and Tobago was worth 23.41 billion US dollars in 2018.
(5,722 x 1 US Billion)...not 5 billion as you state...
I see why people laugh at you when you make math calculations.... do you know what the above means boboolee?
You are really this stupid.
In reply to camos
CIA website is not accurate, I prefer to get such info from The Central banks.
In reply to bravos
US Aid to Trinidad and Tobago in millions
2013 167
2014 179
2015 308
2016 325
2017 343
2018 360
You get the above aid.
Its fun making you look stupid.
In reply to sudden
I stand vindicated on my premise that this was about China.
POMPEO WARNS Caribbean states to be careful in accepting EASY MONEY from CHINA
The marble sized balls on these jokers is infuriating
In reply to problemjay
Chinese Embassy responded to Pompeo's comment about teking easy money from China. I did laugh
In reply to FuzzyWuzzy
In reply to powen001
we are in agreement, and yes, MAM's balls are bigger than a lot of men's
Most Holness can do in these talks is talk about trade and relations between
Jamaica and the US but the issue is Holness is trying to pose as some representative of the Caribbean in this meeting and Pompeo is feeding his ego with useless rhetoric. So in the end this meeting really just come down to talk with no substance. He (Holness) has no power of any kind, NO regional CARICOM appointment, NO economical Jamaica regional power to represent CARICOM on ANY issue, Jamaica has No market power, No buying power, Not one shit.. and now given the tension he cannot sway any of the significant countries on any issue Pompeo will want the region to side with the US.
So what does that mean? Rest of the region will keep their same non-intervention stance on Venezuela which America hates = America and Jamaica made no gains from this meeting, rest of the region will continue doing more business with China which America hates = America and Jamaica made no gains from this meeting. So in the end, no real gains made on any significant issue but real gains made with division between Caribbean head of states that will carry on to months and years to come.
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