THE JOURNALISTS TAKE THE REGIONAL LEADERS TO TASK

Every day since the United States invasion of Venezuela and the kidnapping of its president by the U S military, the leaders of the CARICOM region have been walking a tight rope. The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago and the President of Guyana both embraced the invasion and kidnapping. The other states have been walking a thin line between not attacking the United States but seeking to stand up for their principles of territorial integrity and sovereignty.  None of that makes any difference to the United States. It has imposed sanctions on two states that of Dominica and Antigua and Barbuda because of their citizenship by investment programme and now those two states plus St Kitts have agreed to take expelled refugees from the  United States whose own countries will not accept them. The decision was done in such a way that it has split the country of St Kitts and Nevis in half. The Prime Minister was accused of having signed a secret deal without consultation with the rest of his government and one that accepts those expelled provided they are not Haitians. Haiti is a member of   CARICOM. Journalists throughout the region have attacked the leaders of the region as being feckless and weak as a result. The problem is given the pressure from the United States, the leaders feel they have no choice if their nations are to survive, otherwise they end up in the graveyard that the United States has imposed on Cuba.