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THE REALITY OF TACKY AND SAM SHARPE

Modern research has reshaped interpretations of Jamaica’s past, especially the 1760-1761 slave rebellion. The revolt involving Tacky was but one episode in a greater three part Coromantee war involving separate actors.

CARICOM: BEACON OF DEMOCRACY OR COWARDLY DISGRACE?

Caricom is the planet’s largest grouping of mature democracies outside the European Union. For over 40 years, every member country (except Haiti and Suriname) has maintained a free press and independent judiciary, and regularly held free and fair elections.

DEMOCRACY PREVAILS IN THE UNITED STATES

It was billed as 'All About Trump'. But in recent historical context, the US 2020 presidential election was a pretty normal battle of Democratic and Republican voter bases. The combined vote percentage of the two main parties was about 98.3%, similar to 98.3% in 2012, 98.6% in 2008, and 99% in 2004. The outlier was 2016, when Democrats and Republicans combined for only 94.3% of the total vote.