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Part of the long and victorious march of image over substance? Arafat. still a celebrity. Still a locus for the communal lives of many. It is one of those incomprehensible and unexplainable side effects whereby a manufactured pop culture icon … Continue reading

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THEY SHOT THE SHERRIF

The Jamaica which began statehood had few of the characteristics which tended to attract organized crime to the Caribbean. There were no casinos as in Cuba, no off-shore banks as in the Bahamas, or history of deep corruption on the … Continue reading

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