Politics on The Tradewinds Briefhttps://tradewindsbrief.com/categories/politics/Recent content in Politics on The Tradewinds BriefThe Tradewinds Briefhttps://tradewindsbrief.com/images/brand/og-default.pnghttps://tradewindsbrief.com/images/brand/og-default.pngHugo -- 0.142.0en-usWed, 06 May 2026 07:00:00 -0400Browne returns with 15 of 17 seats and a mandate that dwarfs his last onehttps://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-05-06-antigua-barbuda-brief/Wed, 06 May 2026 07:00:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-05-06-antigua-barbuda-brief/The Antigua Labour Party expands its majority dramatically in last week's snap poll. Plus: the regional response, what it signals for CARICOM bargaining, and what comes next.Cavalier buys Turner's Oval as Holness lectures Opposition for fifteen minuteshttps://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-05-06-jamaica-brief/Wed, 06 May 2026 07:00:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-05-06-jamaica-brief/Cavalier becomes the first local football club to own its ground. Plus: a nine-year tax fraud case ends in exoneration, the Speaker delivers an extended rebuke from the chair, and 1,343 customers remain in the dark.Grenada lands second vice-chair seat at Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisationhttps://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-05-06-grenada-brief/Wed, 06 May 2026 07:00:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-05-06-grenada-brief/The country's NTRC takes a senior seat on the Commonwealth Telecommunications body. Plus: VAT on digital platforms reaches the household budget, and growth forecasts hold above the regional average.Growth forecasts hold near three percent as tourism corridors stabilisehttps://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-05-06-saint-vincent-grenadines-brief/Wed, 06 May 2026 07:00:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-05-06-saint-vincent-grenadines-brief/CARICOM modelling keeps the country in the upper-tier growth band. Plus: yacht-charter season transitions, regional cultural programming, and the diaspora-investment conversation.High-speed shootout near Mile 4 turns the Philip Goldson Highway into a chase scenehttps://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-05-06-belize-brief/Wed, 06 May 2026 07:00:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-05-06-belize-brief/A daylight pursuit on the country's main north-south highway puts public safety back at the front of the news. Plus: the People's Constitution Commission heads to the House this month, and Guyana opens scholarships to Belizean students.Police link 'Tall Boots' crew to two dozen home invasions across central Trinidadhttps://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-05-06-trinidad-tobago-brief/Wed, 06 May 2026 07:00:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-05-06-trinidad-tobago-brief/Investigators tie last weekend's police operation in central Trinidad to a string of midnight robberies. Plus: the National Gas Company swats down an Air Supply rumor, and gas-supply talks turn back toward Venezuela.Tourism diversification and CBI guardrails frame the Federation's spring agendahttps://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-05-06-saint-kitts-nevis-brief/Wed, 06 May 2026 07:00:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-05-06-saint-kitts-nevis-brief/The Federation continues recalibration on Citizenship by Investment and tourism positioning. Plus: regional growth tracking and the broader Eastern Caribbean fiscal outlook.Venezuela takes the floor at The Hague as Guyana waits for round twohttps://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-05-06-guyana-brief/Wed, 06 May 2026 07:00:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-05-06-guyana-brief/Venezuela presents its first round of oral arguments at the ICJ today. Plus: a soldier wounded at the western border, FIFA bans a former GFF official for five years, and President Ali wraps a 100-strong delegation at the Houston offshore conference.