From my archive of press clippings:
Jamaica Gleaner
Caribbean wish list for Obama
Published: Sunday January 25, 2009
Norman Girvan, Contributor
There has been much media discussion about what the Caribbean should expect, or hope to secure, from the Obama administration. My own wish list of priorities for the new administration falls under five headings: Gaza, transnational crime, economic development, Haiti, and Cuba.
Read the whole article here.
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JG - First-class and second-class Caricom citizens?
Jamaica Gleaner
First-class and second-class Caricom citizens?
Published: Sunday February 22, 2009
Norman Girvan, Contributor
Norman Girvan
I must confess to being conflicted by the news that Schengen visa requirements are soon to be lifted for four Caricom countries (as reported on the Caribbean Netnews website). Like many others who have had to apply for a Schengen visa for even the shortest of visits, I find the procedures onerous, intrusive and demeaning.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"I wonder whether the measure is not a further step towards the establishment of first- and second-class citizens, and even of first- and second-class countries, within Caricom. There is a sense in which such a situation already exists de jure with respect to Haiti (whose citizens are required to have visas to visit many other Caricom states) and de facto with respect to Guyanese, who are regularly hassled when attempting to exercise their Treaty rights to travel freely within the region."
First-class and second-class Caricom citizens?
Published: Sunday February 22, 2009
Norman Girvan, Contributor
Norman Girvan
I must confess to being conflicted by the news that Schengen visa requirements are soon to be lifted for four Caricom countries (as reported on the Caribbean Netnews website). Like many others who have had to apply for a Schengen visa for even the shortest of visits, I find the procedures onerous, intrusive and demeaning.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"I wonder whether the measure is not a further step towards the establishment of first- and second-class citizens, and even of first- and second-class countries, within Caricom. There is a sense in which such a situation already exists de jure with respect to Haiti (whose citizens are required to have visas to visit many other Caricom states) and de facto with respect to Guyanese, who are regularly hassled when attempting to exercise their Treaty rights to travel freely within the region."
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