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In this Episode on ex-president Donald Trump's indictment, Ambassador Curtis Ward is in conversation with Ras Clem, Host of Mic Check on Groovin Radio, and with Anthony Turner. Ambassador Ward shares his perspectives on the significance and the implications, for Rule of Law and Democracy in the U.S. and around the world, of this historic and unprecedented indictment of a former U.S. president.
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Ambassador Curtis Ward in conversation with Ronnie Thwaites & Pearnel Charles, Sr., on Public Eye - Bridge FM radio (Jamaica) on Jamaican government failures on diaspora engagement and the failure of the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council. Ambassador Ward proposes establishment of a Jamaica Diaspora Board similar to the Jamaica Tourist Board.
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In this Episode of The Washington Report I share my perspectives on Governor Wes Moore's connections to the history of Maryland and the United States and his relevance to the immigrant community; on the political distraction of the mishandling of classified documents by then Vice President Joe Biden, as well as a number of other important issues on the Washington political agenda.
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In this Episode of The Washington Report I share my perspectives on the inherent weaknesses of the newly elected Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy, who has ceded his powers to the Republican crazies in the Republican caucus, and the expected chaos that will ensue; the Brazil election denier and autocrat Jair Bolsonaro whose mob takes lessons from Trump's Jan 6 mob, and advised by Trump's acolytes; the trial of white extremist militia Proud Boys leaders commenced on seditious conspiracy in Washington; and appointment of Special Counsel to investigate Joe Biden's handling of classified documents as former Vice President.
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This Episode is extracted from a Conversation with Gerry McDaniel on Radio Jamaica - Hotline, on December 30, 2022, in which I shared my perspectives on the Jamaican Diaspora disappointment with Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness' government response to offers of expertise by members of the diaspora to assist in dealing with the crime scourge in Jamaica. I shared my perspectives on the folly and indignity of the prime minister's visit to Washington for low-level talks at the US Justice Department, and his total misunderstanding of the role of Jamaica's prosecutorial and judicial systems with respect to the U.S. Criminal Code..
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Ambassador Curtis Ward's perspectives and analysis on domestic and international issues on the Washington agenda. A new generation of Leadership in the Democratic Party in the US Congress; Special Prosecutor to investigate and prosecute Donald Trump; and North Korea's ICBM capabilities rattles Washington and the international community. These and other issues in The Washington Report.
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Ambassador Curtis Ward shares his perspectives on U.S. election results with special report as Caribbean diaspora members celebrate elections at federal, state, and local levels and the history-making elections in Maryland. Ambassador Ward also shares his perspectives on President Biden's international engagements at the UN COP 27 conference, competing with China in Asia, at the G20 conference, and face-to-face bilateral with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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This conversation with Ambassador Aloun Ndombet-Assamba explores a number of issues: should Jamaica after 60 years of political independence sever ties to the British monarchy? Should there be Reparative Justice and what form should it take? Jamaica's foreign policy, Ambassador Assamba's legacy as tourism minister, and much more.
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Ambassador Ward brings clarity to little-discussed important issues on the Washington agenda overshadowed by by the mid-term elections: Iran's brutal actions against protestors and supplying kamikaze drones to Russia to kill Ukrainians make a new nuclear deal impossible; Russia's use of WMD in Ukraine a possibility, as Russia's actions makes designation as a terrorist state a possibility; the geopolitical naivete of the House Progress Caucus forces hasty retreat; Africa's most dangerous terrorist group al-Shabaab new U.S. sanctions target days before deadly terrorist attack; African Leaders coming to Washington for Summit with Biden; Haiti waits for UN to approve security force deployment.
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The Biden-Harris administration targets China as the greatest threat to US national security; the January 6 committee stamped former president Donald Trump as the architect of the insurrection; access to Venezuela oil, perhaps, but not without preconditions; Russian attempted annexation of Ukraine territory and attacks on Ukraine civilian targets met with Washington and global condemnation; Saudi Arabia and Russia colluded on cutting global oil supplies negatively impacting the global community. Issues dominating the Washington agenda with implications for the November elections.
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Electoral College reform; Russia’s threat of nuclear war in Ukraine and Europe; immigration debate over asylum seekers flooding US-Mexico border; Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson making immediate impact on the US Supreme Court; Trump’s legal woes mount making political violence a possibility; and devastating hurricane damage to Florida eclipsing other issues.
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Ambassador Curtis Ward discusses "Pillars of Democracy and overcoming citizen apathy", highlighting the importance of Freedom of the Press, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Peaceful Assembly, and Freedom to participate in a free and fair electoral process. Citizen apathy contributes to lack of government transparency, poor governance, and corruption. Citizen apathy weakens democracy, encourages government obfuscations and lack of accountability, and encourages autocracy and political "bullyism". The Jamaican and Caribbean experiences are highlighted.
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An extraordinarily and unusually busy week for Caribbean leaders visiting Washington DC for high-level interactions with the Biden Administration and with the U.S. Congress. Broad agenda for US-Caribbean relations.
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