<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Opinion on The Tradewinds Brief</title><link>https://tradewindsbrief.com/tags/opinion/</link><description>Recent content in Opinion on The Tradewinds Brief</description><image><title>The Tradewinds Brief</title><url>https://tradewindsbrief.com/images/brand/og-default.png</url><link>https://tradewindsbrief.com/images/brand/og-default.png</link></image><generator>Hugo -- 0.142.0</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://tradewindsbrief.com/tags/opinion/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>🇬🇾 Uncle Ramesh Responds – Tuesday, February 17, 2026</title><link>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-02-17-uncle-ramesh/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-02-17-uncle-ramesh/</guid><description>Uncle Ramesh reads the Chronicle from Queens and sets the record straight on Energy Conference, telemedicine, airports, health campaign, and Hakeem Olajuwon&amp;rsquo;s investment in Guyana.</description></item><item><title>Uncle Ramesh Responds: Mortgages, Nurses, and the Brief's Selective Memory</title><link>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-02-16-uncle-ramesh/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-02-16-uncle-ramesh/</guid><description>&lt;p>&lt;em>Uncle Ramesh is a retired accountant from Berbice, now living in Queens, New York. He reads the papers — especially the Chronicle — and provides his perspective.&lt;/em>&lt;/p>
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&lt;p>Monday morning and the Brief leading with Azruddin showing up late. That&amp;rsquo;s the headline? A man who is US-indicted, facing extradition, and can&amp;rsquo;t be bothered to arrive on time to his own hearing — and the Brief treating it like comedy instead of asking why the Opposition Leader has such contempt for the judicial process?&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Uncle Ramesh Responds: The Government Building, Not Destroying — Read the Chronicle, Not the Obituaries</title><link>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-02-15-uncle-ramesh/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-02-15-uncle-ramesh/</guid><description>&lt;p>&lt;em>Uncle Ramesh is a retired accountant from Berbice, now living in Queens, New York. He reads the papers himself — especially the Chronicle — and responds to the Brief&amp;rsquo;s coverage with his own perspective. He is unapologetically pro-government when the government deserves it.&lt;/em>&lt;/p>
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&lt;p>Alright, alright. Everybody crying about Stabroek News like the whole country falling apart. You know what else happened this weekend? &lt;strong>A US$120 million training college opened in Port Mourant.&lt;/strong> Thirty-five young Guyanese already working offshore. Certified. Employed. Earning real money.&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Uncle Ramesh's Thursday Response — 'This Government Building the Future While Opposition Playing Victim'</title><link>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-02-05-uncle-ramesh/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-02-05-uncle-ramesh/</guid><description>Uncle Ramesh reads the Chronicle (and the other papers) from Queens and explains why the PPP is building the future while the opposition focuses on everything except solutions.</description></item><item><title>Uncle Ramesh's Take — 'Dem Cyaan See Progress If Yuh Put Blindfold Pon Dem Eye'</title><link>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-02-03-uncle-ramesh/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-02-03-uncle-ramesh/</guid><description>Uncle Ramesh reads the Chronicle cover to cover, watches the budget debate livestream from Queens, and can&amp;rsquo;t believe the opposition opened with a gold-smuggling MP demanding mining transparency.</description></item><item><title>Uncle Ramesh: The Brief Still Can't Give Credit Where Credit Due!</title><link>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-01-28-uncle-ramesh/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-01-28-uncle-ramesh/</guid><description>Uncle Ramesh responds to The Brief&amp;rsquo;s coverage of Budget 2026 and the Opposition Leader election from his couch in Queens, NY.</description></item><item><title>Uncle Ramesh: DIS IS HOW YOU BUILD A NATION! Budget 2026 is HISTORIC!</title><link>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-01-27-uncle-ramesh/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-01-27-uncle-ramesh/</guid><description>Uncle Ramesh celebrates Budget 2026 from Queens — praising the historic investments in housing, tourism, autism education, and agricultural development while wondering why opposition can&amp;rsquo;t find anything positive to say.</description></item><item><title>Uncle Ramesh: The Brief Jokes About Laws While Missing the Point Entirely!</title><link>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-01-14-uncle-ramesh-take/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-01-14-uncle-ramesh-take/</guid><description>Uncle Ramesh sets the record straight on judicial reforms, explains why apps ARE revolutionary, and defends the gas-to-energy project the Brief clearly doesn&amp;rsquo;t understand.</description></item><item><title>Uncle Ramesh: Census Critics Don't Understand How Government Works</title><link>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-01-13-tuesday-uncle-ramesh/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-01-13-tuesday-uncle-ramesh/</guid><description>&lt;h1 id="uncle-rameshs-take">Uncle Ramesh&amp;rsquo;s Take&lt;/h1>
&lt;p>&lt;strong>Straight Talk from Brooklyn to Georgetown&lt;/strong>&lt;/p>
&lt;p>Listen, I&amp;rsquo;m reading all these opposition newspapers complaining about the census taking 4 years. You know what? They don&amp;rsquo;t understand how real governance works.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>Let me break it down for you.&lt;/p>
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&lt;h2 id="-census-took-4-years-thats-called-being-thorough">📊 CENSUS TOOK 4 YEARS? THAT&amp;rsquo;S CALLED BEING THOROUGH!&lt;/h2>
&lt;p>All these critics crying &amp;ldquo;4 years is too long!&amp;rdquo; You know what I say? &lt;strong>Quality over speed!&lt;/strong>&lt;/p>
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&lt;p>&lt;strong>878,674 people on census day 2022&lt;/strong>&lt;br>
&lt;strong>956,044 projected by end 2024&lt;/strong>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Uncle Ramesh's Take on Today's News: Finally, Some Good News for a Change!</title><link>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-01-12-uncle-ramesh-take/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-01-12-uncle-ramesh-take/</guid><description>&lt;h1 id="x1f1ecx1f1fe-uncle-rameshs-take-x1f1ecx1f1fe">🇬🇾 UNCLE RAMESH&amp;rsquo;S TAKE 🇬🇾&lt;/h1>
&lt;p>&lt;em>Your Uncle from the Diaspora Who Actually Reads Past the Headlines&lt;/em>&lt;/p>
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&lt;p>Greetings from Toronto, where it cold like ice but me heart warm with pride! ☕&lt;/p>
&lt;p>Ayuh know Uncle Ramesh don&amp;rsquo;t like to complain. Me sit down every morning with me tea, reading all four newspapers, and today me had to say – why everybody so negative? The government doing WORK! But all some people want to do is find fault. Well, not today. Today, Uncle Ramesh going set the record straight.&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Uncle Ramesh: The Brief Writes a Whole Article and STILL Misses The Point!</title><link>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-01-11-uncle-ramesh-take/</link><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-01-11-uncle-ramesh-take/</guid><description>&lt;h1 id="cle-rameshs-hot-take">CLE RAMESH&amp;rsquo;S HOT TAKE&lt;/h1>
&lt;p>&lt;strong>Sunday, January 11, 2026&lt;/strong>&lt;/p>
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&lt;p>&lt;em>[Uncle Ramesh on his verandah, Sunday paper in hand, reading The Brief&amp;rsquo;s Sunday edition, shaking his head so hard the neighbors looking]&lt;/em>&lt;/p>
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&lt;p>Listen nah, it&amp;rsquo;s SUNDAY! Day of REST! Day of PEACE!&lt;/p>
&lt;p>And this youngin&amp;rsquo; at The Brief write the LONGEST article yet and STILL managing to miss every single point!&lt;/p>
&lt;p>Let Uncle Ramesh break down where The Brief went wrong (AGAIN).&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Uncle Ramesh: The Brief Discovers Math But Still Can't Add!</title><link>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-01-10-uncle-ramesh-take/</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-01-10-uncle-ramesh-take/</guid><description>&lt;h1 id="cle-rameshs-hot-take">CLE RAMESH&amp;rsquo;S HOT TAKE&lt;/h1>
&lt;p>&lt;strong>Saturday, January 10, 2026&lt;/strong>&lt;/p>
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&lt;p>&lt;em>[Uncle Ramesh reading Saturday&amp;rsquo;s Brief, calculator in hand, shaking his head at the math]&lt;/em>&lt;/p>
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&lt;p>Listen nah, The Brief discovered MATH this weekend! They calculating 69,000 volts! They counting houses per day! They adding up murder rates!&lt;/p>
&lt;p>Problem is: They still getting the CONCLUSIONS wrong!&lt;/p>
&lt;p>Let Uncle Ramesh show this youngin&amp;rsquo; how numbers ACTUALLY work.&lt;/p>
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&lt;h2 id="âš-69000-volts-the-brief-finally-got-one-right">âš¡ 69,000 VOLTS: THE BRIEF FINALLY GOT ONE RIGHT&lt;/h2>
&lt;p>The Brief says: &lt;em>&amp;ldquo;Contractor almost killed himself&amp;rdquo;&lt;/em>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Uncle Ramesh: So NOW The Brief Worries About Deportations? Where Was You Before?</title><link>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-01-09-uncle-ramesh-take/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-01-09-uncle-ramesh-take/</guid><description>&lt;h1 id="cle-rameshs-hot-take">CLE RAMESH&amp;rsquo;S HOT TAKE&lt;/h1>
&lt;p>&lt;strong>Friday, January 9, 2026&lt;/strong>&lt;/p>
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&lt;p>&lt;em>[Uncle Ramesh sipping his Friday coffee, reading The Brief&amp;rsquo;s &amp;ldquo;Storage Unit&amp;rdquo; headline, choking on his coffee]&lt;/em>&lt;/p>
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&lt;p>STORAGE UNIT?! &lt;strong>STORAGE UNIT?!&lt;/strong>&lt;/p>
&lt;p>This youngin&amp;rsquo; really called Guyana &amp;ldquo;America&amp;rsquo;s Storage Unit&amp;rdquo; and think he CLEVER?&lt;/p>
&lt;p>Let Uncle Ramesh break down why The Brief got it HALF right and HALF wrong (as usual).&lt;/p>
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&lt;h2 id="ge-unit---cute-headline-wrong-take">GE UNIT&amp;quot; - CUTE HEADLINE, WRONG TAKE&lt;/h2>
&lt;p>The Brief says: &lt;em>&amp;ldquo;Guyana volunteers as America&amp;rsquo;s storage unit&amp;rdquo;&lt;/em>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Uncle Ramesh: This Youngin' Thinks Trump's a Hero? PLEASE!</title><link>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-01-08-uncle-ramesh-take/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-01-08-uncle-ramesh-take/</guid><description>&lt;h1 id="cle-rameshs-hot-take">CLE RAMESH&amp;rsquo;S HOT TAKE&lt;/h1>
&lt;p>&lt;strong>Thursday, January 8, 2026&lt;/strong>&lt;/p>
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&lt;p>&lt;em>[Uncle Ramesh reading THE GUYANA BRIEF on his iPad, coffee in hand, shaking his head so hard his reading glasses almost fall off]&lt;/em>&lt;/p>
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&lt;p>Listen nah, I just read this youngin&amp;rsquo;s &amp;ldquo;Guyana Brief&amp;rdquo; and my blood pressure went UP.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>This child writing like Trump is some kinda superhero! &amp;ldquo;Uber-kidnapped a president!&amp;rdquo; Like is a GOOD thing?!&lt;/p>
&lt;p>Let Uncle Ramesh school you on what REALLY happening here.&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>