Pam Bondi is recovering from treatment for thyroid cancer. The former attorney general was diagnosed after leaving the Justice Department in April. https://t.co/l6uuyCu3pe
Barbados has entered into a precautionary standby arrangement with the IMF for US$260 million. This was revealed during a press conference at Ilaro Court this morning, and the agreement will remain in place over the next three years.
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There is this one local person who took up themselves to reside in a very problematic country in the Middle East who can’t seem to take a hint that we want no part… ffs
The US will soon begin issuing passports featuring an image of President Donald Trump inside, a State Department official said. https://t.co/pZZr7u9Gp9
Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana are nuisances.
China should start calling in the debts owed by TT, and they should take down that bridge they just build in Guyana- btw the materials and tech to build that bridge came through the same canal with the so-called pressure from China.
🚨🇺🇸🇨🇳 The U.S. and five Latin American nations just issued a rare joint statement against Chinese pressure on Panama...
Bolivia, Costa Rica, Guyana, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States released a coordinated declaration calling out China's "targeted economic pressure" and recent actions affecting Panama-flagged vessels.
The statement frames it as a sovereignty issue and pledges hemispheric solidarity with Panama.
The trigger is the Panama Supreme Court ruling on the Balboa and Cristóbal terminals, two of the most strategically critical port facilities at either end of the Panama Canal.
China is reportedly retaliating against Panama through commercial pressure on Panama-flagged shipping, which carries a huge share of global trade.
The strategic context is much bigger than Panama.
The U.S. has been quietly assembling a coalition to push back on Chinese influence in Latin America for over a year.
Today's statement formalizes that effort with a specific, named adversary and a specific, named flashpoint.
Bolivia signing on is the most surprising piece.
Bolivia has tilted toward Beijing for years on lithium and infrastructure deals.
Their inclusion suggests Washington is making real progress reasserting hemispheric coordination.
The Panama Canal control question has been a Trump fixation since his first term.
China's grip on the Balboa and Cristóbal terminals has been the subtext of every Trump statement about "taking back" the canal.
Today's joint declaration is the diplomatic version of that posture, and it has six countries publicly behind it.
The Iran war exposed how stretched American military capacity is.
The Cuba and Panama moves this week show the administration isn't waiting to recover.
The chokepoint strategy that controls global trade is being asserted everywhere at once, from Hormuz to Malacca to the Caribbean to Central America.
Trump is playing the geopolitical version of speed chess on multiple boards simultaneously.
Guyana did not protest when the U.S., without any advance notice, forced the shut down of our airspace for nearly an entire day to kidnap Maduro, on the busiest day, causing chaos, disruption, and expense. Why the fuck we should we care about a fucking pin?
Political analyst Dr Shane Mohammed has given Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar an 80 per cent rating for her first year in office, describing her leadership of the United National Congress (UNC) as “outstanding” and resilient.
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Trinidad and Tobago doesn't have a strong tourism industry. We are multicultural, and that alone speaks for itself. While the other islands heavily depend on tourism, they are currently trying to figure out what they are going to showcase to the world besides nice beaches.
We can show him ya mudda cunt while you can also show him all the crime and violence, the mass grave of 50 infant bodies, and that old, racist, Trump-stooge, drunken dead flap of skin of a Prime Minister you have.