[Caribbean News\Reparations]
Antigua & Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne: “We cannot forget that our European oppressors, not only exploited us, but left us all in a condition of extreme poverty, mass illiteracy, inadequate health and educational institutions and a pandemic of chronic, debilitating NCD’s (non-communicable disease) derived from centuries of excess salt and sugar consumption.”
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Centre for Reparation Research
CARICOM REPARATIONS COMMITTEE: WE WILL EXAMINE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN WESTERN BANKING, SLAVERY, COLONIALISM, AND REPARATIONS
Reparations News\Caribbean]
Sir. Hilary Beckles: “The CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC) is delighted to be partnering with the Centre for Reparations Research and the Antigua & Barbuda Reparations Support Commission on this critical and timely symposium which will bring together scholars and experts from around the world to explore the historical connections between Western banking and enslavement and colonialism and to examine the adverse impact on the development challenges facing the Caribbean today.”
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