WASHINGTON, DC - I have spent a decade in the councils of the Organization of American States. I have watched governments come and go, seen some crises handled well and others handled badly, sat through more commemorative meetings than sessions discussing pressing issues, and occasionally had the satisfaction of watching this Organization do exactly what it was built to do: bring governments together to tackle problems that none of them could solve alone.

WASHINGTON, DC – Antigua and Barbuda is one of the smaller countries of the Caribbean. Yet small states have often advanced ideas that have significance beyond their size.

WASHINGTON, DC – An attempt is now being made by a few member states of the Organization of American States (OAS), using procedural manoeuvres, to prevent a proposed “Declaration on the Rights of Persons and Peoples of African Descent” from proceeding to the OAS General Assembly scheduled to be held in Panama next month.

Wake up, everybody, No more sleepin' in bed

WASHINGTON, DC – George E. Williams, who died in England on May 23 , was a true Caribbean son: a distinguished Dominican public servant, regional integration pioneer, diplomat, economist, and international civil servant whose life’s work advanced the interests of Dominica, the Eastern Caribbean, and the wider developing world. His passing marked the loss of a man whose intelligence, discipline, and quiet resolve strengthened every institution he served and strengthened the Caribbean’s voice in the international community.

In politics, fear has a color.

A friend said something to me once that I have never forgotten.

WASHINGTON, DC – Signed on 15 May 2026 and released on 25 May 2026, Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, marks a significant moment in the long reckoning with slavery. It contains the clearest papal acknowledgment to date of the Holy See’s role in legitimising the institution and of its failure to condemn it for centuries.

WASHINGTON, DC - Migration policy is a matter of sovereign control. Governments assert, rightly, their authority to regulate borders, determine who may enter, and enforce their laws. The United States has that right, as does every sovereign state. All Caribbean governments also regulate entry to their countries.

WASHINGTON, DC – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. 

Recently while at a dinner gathering, this lady got up and extolled the virtues of her husband for all to hear. She finished each sentence by saying, “I married well, I married well.” It was so heartwarming to hear a woman speak so glowingly of her husband, as so many women seem to be always cussing and chastising their husbands, privately or in public. She clearly is one who men should marry.

WASHINGTON, DC – There are moments in international affairs when a seemingly small act reveals a much larger contest of principle. The recent controversy over the wearing, during official engagements in the Caribbean, of a brooch depicting Guyana’s Essequibo region as part of Venezuela is one such moment.