In Review

In Review

The Caribbean: Survival, Struggle and Sovereignty by Catherine A. Sunshine. EPICA, 1988 (revised ed), 255 pp., $10.00 (paper). This updated ...
HURRICANE IMF, World Bank, U.S. AID in the Caribbean by Kathy McAfee

HURRICANE IMF, World Bank, U.S. AID in the Caribbean by Kathy McAfee

THE HURRICANE THAT VENGEFUL CARIB- bean deity whom no one can influence, much less control, and whose destructive power is ...
The Democracy Network

The Democracy Network

The National Endowment for Democ- racy (NED) was set up by the Reagan Administration in 1983 to bolster U.S. foreign ...
CBI: TROPICAL FLOP

CBI: TROPICAL FLOP

THE PROMOTERS OF THE CARIBBEAN BASIN Initiative (CBI) predicted in 1983 that the "magic of the marketplace" would rescue the ...
A PROFILE OF FOREIGN AID

A PROFILE OF FOREIGN AID

THE SHAPE OF U.S. ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE TO the Caribbean might dismay North Americans who believe it should be spent to ...
FOLLOW THE NICS

FOLLOW THE NICS

THE SPONSORS OF STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT like to hold up the success of the "Newly Industrialized Countries" of South Korea, Taiwan, ...
STATES WITHIN STATES

STATES WITHIN STATES

"LAST WEEK ALL OF A SUDDEN THE NEEDLE went right through me fingernail. But you can't use a thimble-it would ...
Jamaica: Leveraged Sellout

Jamaica: Leveraged Sellout

AT HIS SWEARING-IN CEREMONY IN NOVEM- ber, U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica William Holden made his intentions clear. His stated mission ...