Former Diplomat Cautions Against Great Expectations Of Harris

Amid reports of a groundswell of Caribbean support for Kamala Harris to become the next President of the United States of America, a former Saint Lucia diplomat has sounded a note of caution. The former diplomat expressed that people in the region would hope she wins because of who she is, including being ‘ a person of colour‘ and the daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants. The former Ambassador felt Harris as President might be ‘ a little more sympathetic’ to the Caribbean than Donald Trump. However, he said that American foreign policy undergoes no fundamental change regardless of who the President is. “You may find some minor changes. But look at what happened with Cuba and (Barack) Obama and (Joe)  Biden. For years now, America has maintained this embargo against Cuba. In his last days Obama actually visited Cuba,” the former Ambassador told St. Lucia Times. “One would have expected that (Joe) Biden, who was then (Barack) Obama’s Vice President, would have carried that forward,” he stated. Nevertheless, the former diplomat noted that it had not happened. “From that perspective, I don’t expect the US’s broad policy toward the Caribbean and Latin America to change. For example, look at...