CARICOM Leaders meeting with VP Harris provides opportunity to advance Caribbean security Ambassador Curtis A. Ward (30 May 2023) — The Caribbean region, which is sometimes referred to as the Caribbean Basin, is defined conveniently according to the geopolitical and security interests of the United States. While there are similarities to be found in the problems besetting the wider Caribbean Basin which includes the countries of Central America, the islands of the Caribbean, and...
Imperialism and Neo-Colonialism must Be Destroyed! Africans Stand Ready for the Revolution Most Hon. P. J. Patterson, Former Prime Minister of Jamaica AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY MESSAGE 2023 (25 May 2023) — The P. J. Patterson Institute for African Caribbean Advocacy is delighted to join in a proud and glorious salute as we celebrate Africa Liberation Day on May 25th. For the past 60 years, it has been the day on which Africans globally celebrate their heritage and struggles over...
If the U.S. wants to help Haiti, stop illicit gun trafficking from Florida Ambassador Curtis A. Ward (23 May 2023) — The situation in Haiti is perilously close to that of a failed state with very little hope of redemption. But there is still a path to stabilizing the country, bringing relief to the people of Haiti, ensuring human security for all the people of Haiti, and setting the country on a path to sustainable development. There has been and will be a lot of talk about helping Haiti...
What the diaspora is saying about Jamaica constitutional reform: Forum Outcome Ambassador Curtis A. Ward The Jamaican diaspora deliberately or inadvertently omitted by Prime Minister Andrew Holness when he named the Constitution Reform Committee to undertake an historic review of the Jamaican constitution invoked great disappointment and dissatisfaction within Jamaican diaspora communities across the world. A plethora of voices in the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States, where...
Inclusion + Belongingness = Respect for UK Diaspora Jamaicans: What the Diaspora is Saying about Constitutional Reform Doirean Wilson, PhD In readiness of Jamaica’s quest to become a republic by the year 2025, there are several key things that the Constitutional Reform Committee (CRC), charged with helping to ensure that this national government objective is achieved, would be advised to consider. Namely, the voice of the Jamaican people extends far beyond this beautiful “Island in the...
Imperative considerations for a New Jamaican Constitution: What the Diaspora is Saying about Constitutional Reform Franklin W. Knight, PhD By writing a constitution in 1776, the United States of America pioneered the concept of a codified way in which political states establish themselves and organize their administration. But it was also a way in which successive new states expressed their highest ideals as well as a sense of self. Those ideals and self-consciousness are fundamental...
Jamaica Constitutional Reform: What the Diaspora is Saying Ambassador Curtis A. Ward (04/29/2023) — A group of Jamaican Diaspora leaders from the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States have been convened to discuss Jamaica Constitutional Reform in a panel discussion scheduled for Sunday, April 30th at 3:00 pm EST (8:00 pm London, 2:00 pm Jamaica). This discussion on “What the Diaspora is Saying” will look at the process, the context for reform, and areas of the Jamaican...
Global Africans Rising: Empowerment, Reparations & Healing Hon. P. J. Patterson, former Prime Minister of Jamaica [Editor’s Note: [20 April 2023] — I was tempted to write an article on this most timely and exceedingly important speech given by former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson of Jamaica to the State of the Black World Conference on April 19, 2023, in Baltimore, Maryland, some 30 miles from the seat of the U.S. government in Washington DC, the U.S. capital. I decided that any...
Legislative Authoritarianism reaching new heights in America Ambassador Curtis A. Ward (08 April 2023) — Actions taken by the Tennessee state legislature to expel three Democratic members trampled on at least two fundamental freedoms, maybe more. These freedoms, freedom of speech and freedom of peace4ful assembly are not only constitutionally guaranteed, but they are also fundamentally necessary for democracy to survive and thrive. The fear is that the actions of the Tennessee...
Trump Indictment: Winners and Losers at Home and Abroad Ambassador Curtis A. Ward (04 April 2023) — The Trump Indictment Watch is over but more to come. The long-awaited, long-anticipated indictment of ex-president Donald Tramp finally arrived on 30th March 2023 compliments of a Manhattan, New York grand jury. The investigations led by the indomitable Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and the evidence he presented to the Grand Jury, culminated in a 34-count criminal indictment...
