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Sep 23, 2013

Kingston, Jamaica - The charismatic and visionary St Vincent Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves is working hard to put the issue of reparations for slavery on the map. Last week's first ever Regional Reparation Conference is an important initial step.
Nobody pretends that the campaign to obtain reparations for the Caribbean will be easy. Europe is in the middle of a severe economic downturn, triggered by the banking crisis a decade ago. The people of the former slave-holding countries are facing big cuts in their standard of living, jobs and services.

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