An article from The New York Times dated March 14, 2025, discusses the Trump administration’s plans to implement a new travel ban affecting citizens from dozens of countries, including four from the Caribbean. The initiative follows an executive order signed by President Trump on January 20, 2025, which directed cabinet members to compile a list of countries…
Read More Caribbean Nations Caught in Draft US Expanded Travel BanUnited on Crime In a recent show of regional solidarity, CARICOM leaders agreed to work together to combat crime, including an ambitious proposal to designate criminal gangs as terrorist organizations (see here, here, and here.) This move appears to signal a growing recognition of the urgent need to tackle escalating violence in the Caribbean through…
Read More CARICOM: United on Crime, But Fractured on Recent UN Ukraine Vote?Introduction In a recent report released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), data from November 2024 reveals that 42,339 individuals from CARICOM member and associate member states are currently marked for deportation (download PDF document from FOX NEWS). On a related note, if you are interested in going down a few rabbit holes when…
Read More Over 42,000 CARICOM Citizens Listed for Deportation by the USAI interact with ChatGPT on a daily basis. My interactions cover a wide variety of topics and subjects. The last “conversation” I had with ChatGPT, which I decided to publish here, focused on education and career choices. Today’s chat was less formal than the previous one, but still important. I did a straight copy and…
Read More Me and ChatGPT: Thoughts on How to Make AI More Relevant in the CaribbeanWith the Paris 2024 Olympics underway, the Caribbean region is once again showcasing its athletic talent on the global stage. Despite our relatively small populations, Caribbean nations have a history of producing world-class athletes who excel in a variety of sports (who can forget Jamaica’s Usain Bolt?). In this blog post, I am interested in…
Read More Paris 2024 Olympics: Caribbean Athletes and Population Size