COLOMBIAN ECONOMIST SAYS JAMAICA HAS NO OTHER WAY OUT OF DIRE SITUATION
Kingston -- "Don't fool yourself and then ask to be fooled." That's the word to Jamaicans from internationally renowned economist Juan Carlos Echeverry, the official who has been credited for steering Colombia out of dire economic straits - considered worse than those faced by Jamaica - to stability and growth.
Instead, Echeverry, chosen by four international publications as 'The Best Minister of Finance of the Americas' in 2011, urged Jamaicans to be patient as the Government moves to set the economy on a similar path.