By Mark Kirton- Director, Center for International and Border Studies As widely predicted, the 2026 Brazilian presidential election goes to a second round – a runoff election- on 25th October, since neither of the two leading candidates received 50% +1 of the votes cast, with Flavio Bolsonaro, son of imprisoned former president Jair Bolsonaro receiving 47.03 % of the votes cast and incumbent President Lula da Silva gaining 45.16% of the votes.
-Business and Economic Commentary by Christopher Ram Introduction Mr Deodat Sharma, Auditor General has delivered his report on the 2025 public accounts.
By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan The author previously performed the functions of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights I have been to the International Nuremberg Academy and I have spoken in the very room where perpetrators of the Holocaust were tried and sentenced.
By Dr. Nand C. Bardouille For the second year in a row, two leading Caribbean voices laid bare disparate paradigms on international cooperation and multilateralism.
Business and Economic Commentary by Christopher Ram The 2026 Mid-Year Report states that NIS received about $24.5 billion in the first half of the year against expenditure of $21.9 billion.
Introduction The 2026 Mid-Year Report raises serious questions about the quality of economic and financial stewardship under Dr.
….the builder the stones now refuse…. By Kojo M Parris Political machinery exists to win continuously, and that is the primary metric of a political party.
-Business and Economic Commentary by Christopher Ram Yesterday’s commentary on the 2026 Mid-Year Report dealt with how housing was reported.
Business and Economic Commentary by Christopher Ram On September 17, 2026, on chrisram.net, I published a letter entitled “CHPA and its Performance,” raising questions about the quality of financial and performance reporting by the Central Housing and Planning Authority.
Writer’s note: In October 1992, following the return of the PPP to power after 28 years of PNC government, I had a meeting with then Minister of Information, Hon.
By Kojo M. Parris When Nelson Mandela stepped down from South Africa’s presidency after a single term, he did something rarer than winning power: he surrendered it while it was still entirely his to keep.
By DeLisle Worrell Energy prices in the Caribbean are more than twice the world average, for a majority of countries.
By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan Previously Fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and Fellow of the LSE.
By Mark Kirton Director, Centre for International and Border Studies – Guyana On October 4 this year, 120 million Brazilians go to the polls in an election which will see the incumbent President, Luiz Ignacio ‘Lula’ SaSilva, seeking election as Brazil’s president for an unprecedented fourth time.
While most Guyanese might have been focused last month on the CCJ’s judgment in its appellate jurisdiction in the Mohameds’ extradition case, there was another matter before the Court in its original jurisdiction that could also have far reaching implications for Guyanese and indeed, other CARICOM nationals.
By Ambassador Byron W. Blake Byron W. Blake is Former Deputy Permanent Representative for Jamaica and Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations; Senior Economic Adviser to the 63rd President of the United Nations General Assembly; and Former Assistant Secretary General of the Caribbean Community.
By Lilian Elena Godoy Like millions of people around the world, I cannot begin my day without a good cup of coffee.
By Prof C. Justin Robinson Pro Vice-Chancellor and Campus Principal, The University of the West Indies, Five Islands Campus There is a particular sound a nation makes when it crosses the threshold from poverty to possibility.
By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan Previously Fellow of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. India, a sprawling sub-continent of numerous ethnicities and groups, with rich varieties of language and culture, achieved its independence ‘at the stroke of the midnight hour’ on 15 August, 1947 after a decades-long struggle for its freedom from British rule led by Mahatma Gandhi.
The nation entered a sad and tragic period overnight on 18 July when the 87-year old MV Barima sank.