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Obama ran: Our children can fly |
Published Sunday November 09, 2008
By Sir Ronald Sanders
 Sir Ronald Sanders We have lived through a truly historic moment. The election of Barack Obama as President of the United States of America defied all odds and lifted the hopes and aspirations of people of all races and nationalities.
But, his election has created unreasonable hopes amongst many simply because he is half-black. Evidence of this has been the official statements of several Caribbean governments that they expect the US government to pay more attention now to the development needs of their countries.
On the morning after the elections, when asked by the Caribbean Media Corporation for a comment on what the Caribbean could expect from an Obama victory, I said the following:
"Obama's election will bring no new and special attention to the Caribbean. His priorities will be righting an American economy gone wrong, fulfilling his promise to take US troops out of Iraq, settling Afghanistan, improving a cooperative relationship with a resurgent Russia and managing a difficult trade and economic relationship with China.
"Given the $900 billion hole in the US Treasury that followed the bail out of US financial institutions, some of his own domestic campaign pledges will have to be delayed. In this connection, the Caribbean - except for Haiti and Cuba - will not be a priority. |
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