Former CARICOM Leaders Call for Dialogue in Venezuela Ambassador Curtis A. Ward (23 February 2019) — In a statement issued February 22, 2019, five former leaders of CARICOM Member States, P.J. Patterson (Jamaica), Said W. Musa (Belize), Owen Arthur (Barbados), Kenny Anthony (St. Lucia), and Lester Bird (Antigua & Barbuda) denounced the threat or use of force to settle the political impasse in Venezuela. The former leaders expressed their support for “the CARICOM call on all...
Venezuela President Maduro, Cuba President Diaz-Canel, and U.S. President Trump duel at the UN (06 Oct. 2018) — The Latin American Advisor (Advisor), a business daily publication of the Inter-American Dialogue asked me to comment on “What Did Leaders Accomplish at the United Nations?” published October 3, 2018. I was one of three individuals asked to provide comments in 250 words or less. The other commenters were Peter Hakim, member of the Advisor board and president emeritus of...
Trump’s Preference for Use of Military Intervention Subverts Diplomacy and Threatens Venezuela Ambassador Curtis A. Ward (08 July 2018) — The recent baring of a not so unexpected truth by media sources that the U.S. president gave serious thought in August 2017 to invading Venezuela early in his presidency is further confirmation that President Donald Trump’s foreign policy is defined more by the reckless use of U.S. military power rather than utilizing diplomacy to resolve...
Isolating Trump on Iran Nuclear Deal Ambassador Curtis A. Ward (07 May 2018) –On Tuesday, May 8, 2018, President Donald Trump will tell the world whether the U.S. will abrogate the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA – the Iran nuclear deal). The Ward Post does not report breaking news, nor does it make predictions. The latter is virtually impossible with the Trump presidency. However, it is important to provide the context to Trump’s action on the JCPOA. The U.S. capital...
