In a message intended as much for the West as for the English-speaking Caribbean, as a whole, Barbados Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, through her recent official visit to Venezuela, has unmistakably signaled that she intends to take her country’s foreign policy wherever its vital interests may lead it. Indeed, by signing agreements in Caracas that embrace areas that include energy, agriculture and air transport, the regional Head of Government who currently boasts by far the highest international profile among Caribbean Community Heads of Government, has sent a clear message to the region and to the rest of the world, as a whole, that national interest is the foundation stone of her administration’s foreign policy.