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The Trans-Pacific trade agreement signed last week between the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim countries will be another nail in the coffin of the populist governments of Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela and other countries that will be left even more isolated from the global economy — and poorer — than before.

By Aziz Choudry Aziz Choudry is associate professor in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education, McGill University, Montreal, and visiting professor at the Centre for Education Rights and Transformation in the University of Johannesburg’s Faculty of Education.

Before proceeding with today’s column, the recently announced 50% increase in the salaries of Ministers has created, quite justifiably, a tsunami of criticisms and condemnation from all sections of the Guyanese society.

During last week Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Basil Williams, reminded us that the current Chief Justice (ag) Ian Chang is due to retire shortly.

I have been thinking of my father. Since he died in 1995 at the age of 89 I have not written very much about him.

Is it helpful to describe Latin America and the Caribbean as if it were a single entity?

Fully supportive This column is the last in a series of nine successive columns devoted to addressing the United Nations (UN) Post-2015 Development Agenda and its related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Wide-ranging powers The National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) was formed in July 1990.

There are various cuts of lamb from which we get chops – shoulder, leg, loin and rib.

Allamanda commonly called Buttercup or Golden Trumpet originated in Brazil and comes from the Apocynaceae family.

Allergies associated with Rhinitis and Sinusitis Last week we dealt with Sinusitis and Rhinitis (in Greek, Rhis means nose) as being the result of nose infections, or as an accompaniment to special viral diseases of Canine Distemper, Parainfluenza, etc.

When the chess history of the year 2015 is written, the FIDE World Cup must be mentioned.

Three “trivially significant” and introductory points: Public Servant above refer to workers employed by the Government via numerous entities.

Former President Ramotar, in his last days in office, granted a presidential pardon to a Ravindra Deo who had been convicted of the particularly gruesome murder of a little child.

The previous column makes the point that perceived or actual marginalization results from the political process which is bedevilled by ethnically skewed voting patterns.

A few weeks ago, in accordance with its commitment made under the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC), Guyana published its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC), stating how it was prepared to help to prevent the climate change disaster that is likely to engulf humankind unless we immediately take more radical action to protect the earth’s resources and utilise them more carefully (Gov’t identifies three priority sites for hydro -ignores Amaila.

When young people ask me what will be the jobs of the future, my answer — contrary to the prevailing view in marketing circles — is simple: anything related to older people.

Ana Palacio, a former Spanish foreign minister and former Senior Vice President of the World Bank, is a member of the Spanish Council of State, a visiting lecturer at Georgetown University, and a member of the World Economic Forum’s  Global Agenda Council on the United StatesBy Ana Palacio   MADRID – The recent downgrade of Brazil’s credit rating to junk status was followed by a raft of articles heralding the crumbling of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa).

  Before proceeding with today’s article, a few days ago, it was reported that Transparency International released its Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2014.

By Luke de Noronha   Luke de Noronha is a PhD student in anthropology at Oxford University who is currently living and working in Kingston, Jamaica.