Let us examine the entire Caribbean ward before anyone accuses this columnist of operating with a rusty party-political spoon. The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Suriname voted for the resolution. Seven governments retained sufficient muscular control to press the appropriate button. Their example establishes that Caribbean geography does not automatically cause paralysis. Trinidad and Tobago voted against. Jamaica

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on as he meets with Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, and Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi at the State Department in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2025. (Photo: REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz) Six days can be a long time in the business of purchasing diplomatic goodwill. On 28 October, Jamaica abstained on the United Nations resolution calling for an end to the Unit