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Jamaica's First Female PM Elected Again
In a landslide victory, Jamaica’s first female prime minister yesterday reclaimed her office only four years after losing an election to the Jamaica Labour Party. Defying polls that predicted a close race, Portia Simpson-Miller’s People’s National Party surprised pundits after Thursday’s election and walked away with 41 seats in the House of Representatives to the…
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With Dudus Locked Up, Jamaicans Exhale
Kingston is quiet again and Jamaicans collectively are exhaling now that Christopher “Dudus” Coke left for the United States to face charges on drug and gun-trafficking charges. In handcuffs and in prison blues, he pleaded not guilty on Friday in front of a U.S. judge in Manhattan Federal Court. A day earlier before a resident…
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Jamaican Manhunt Raises Questions About Deaths
As Jamaican security forces widen their search for reputed drug lord Christopher Coke outside West Kingston, many are raising questions about the operation and its outcome. With Coke still at large after five days of searching, just 22 guns seized and 73 dead, security forces now have to answer to an independent inquiry that the Jamaica Government says will…
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Jamaica Faces a Defining Moment
The simmering tensions in Jamaica’s lawless West Kingston turned vicious Monday as thugs fought fierce gun battles with the island’s security forces to prevent the arrest of Christopher “Dudus” Coke for extradition to the United States. He is wanted here (in the US) for drug trafficking and weapons smuggling. Tivoli Gardens, Dudus’ stronghold in West…
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Trinidad Election is No Carnival
In a place as fond of a good time as Trinidad and Tobago, it’s no surprise that much of its election on Monday is being fought through calypso and chutney, creolized up-tempo Indian rhythms. On the airwaves and political platforms, these musical manifestos truncate the issues in catchy choruses for the party faithful and others…
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Letter From Jamaica
Jamaica finds itself in a pickle with the United States at a time when its economic woes suggest it needs more friends than enemies. The government of Prime Minister Bruce Golding stalled for months on a U.S. extradition request for Christopher “Dudus” Coke, the strongman, or Don, as they are called here, from Tivoli Gardens,…
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