Barbados, Antigua: Peter Pays for Paul?  · Global Voices
Janine Mendes-Franco

Barbados Free Press is not convinced that the CARICOM arrangement is beneficial, referring to an article about the recent double-murder in Antigua to make their point: “The ‘Caribbean Brand’ for tourism…was a disastrous policy created…as part of the effort to prop up the pretense and phony benefits of CARICOM.  According to the article, we’re all the same in Caribbean – violent, bloodthirsty savages – and that includes Barbados.”