Part 1 of 8 Antigua and Barbuda Crisis: Social and Economic Dilemma By Kwame Nkosi Romeo Antigua and Barbuda's COVID-19 death rate is among the highest in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the lowest in testing per 1,000,000 million (m) people. Antigua and Barbuda's population is 98,262. The figures are 4,679 people tested, 141 confirmed cases, and four deaths. The death rate per 1 million is 41, ranking the twin-island nation at Level 4, the highest Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Travel Health Notices (THN). This revelation is troubling news for the Antigua Labor Party (ALP) Government of Prime Minister Gaston Browne, which depends on tourism and the general population. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID-19 Travelers' Recommendation). The CDC THN categorizes Barbados and St. Lucia as having moderate to low death rates. Barbados had 275 confirmed cases with seven deaths, and St. Lucia had 257 confirmed cases with two deaths. The...
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Part 2 West Indies Oil Company (WIOC): The Genesis of Economic Plunder By Kwame Nkosi Romeo In Part 1, I discussed the alliance of the West Indies Oil Company (WIOC) and the Antigua Labor Party (ALP) government. In particular, WIOC privileges and never-ending monopolies—the self-interest of the few that lowered the country into the abyss of despair. Part 2 Bruce Rappaport brings to light the joint owners of WIOC, and my hypothesis: these owners benefitted from the sale of WIOC. A continuous tradition supports ALP's unfavorable agenda of creative enrichment, land misappropriation, and collecting fewer taxes while extorting consumers at the pump. Part 2 Between 2002 and 2004, in the waning years of Prime Minister Lester Bird's regime, the Bird-Rappaport WIOC collaboration imported petroleum products valued at CIF US$182,223,000 m. The amount of barrels of oil (bbl) is estimated to be 4,706,325 m bbl. (164,591,085 imp gal). This joint oil enterprise added 300 acres of undevelop...