JG - More aid coming from US for regional security - PM

From my archive of press clippings:

Jamaica Gleaner

More aid coming from US for regional security - PM


Published: Sunday April 19, 2009


Prime Minister Bruce Golding says he is encouraged by the commitment of the president of the United States of America, Barack Obama, to give more assistance to the Caribbean and Latin America to reduce piracy and gun and drug running through the region's waters.

Read the whole article here.

re: "Apparently Obama shops at Wal Mart"

The Unwanted Blog ("Rockets, cats, aircraft, guns, politics, photography, science fiction. You know, the usual stuff.") is also under-impressed with current White House protocol.

Money quote(s):

"Gifts like these are diplomatic niceties, nothing more… and they are gifts that should last for generations. But they should be recognized for the public relations value they have."