CHINA'S ROLE BEHIND THE SCENES IN THE USE OF CBI TO EXPAND SAINT KITTS' AIRPORT IS CAUSE FOR CONCERN

Bizjets line the runway in Saint Kitts; 24/12/2024

If you have been following the marketing, to Nigerian investors,of the expansion of Saint Kitts' ROBERT BRADSHAW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (f/k/a Golden Rock), under the Citizenship by Investment (CBI) program, you should know that our investigation has revealed that the project is, in truth and in fact, being quietly orchestrated by China, which means that there may be a hidden agenda for the airport upgrade, now being supervised by CARIBBEAN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT CORP (CIDC). 

When we first noticed that the project was being actively hawked inside Nigeria, our initial concerns were that it could result in the acquisition of SKN CBI passports by Nigerian fraudsters and white collar criminals, and other unsuitable candidates for citizenship, acquiring passports with visa-free access to Europe, as well as funding from illicit sources not thoroughly vetted by Saint Kitts' notoriously inept due diligence program, which has verged on intentionally approving bad actors.

Now however, given our information regarding the fact that China is pulling the strings on the airport upgrade project, we have substantial concerns that the results may not be the publicly stated goal of supporting increased tourism, but in creating a facility with a potential military application for China. 

It is not a coincidence that BENJAMIN EXETER, the CCO of CIDC, is an important Opposition member in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, making him an adversary of that country's Prime Minister RALPH GONSALVES, who has long opposed the corrupting influence of CBI in the region, and who originally broke the news that China is behind the Saint Kitts airport upgrade project. It appears that China is attempting to portray Exeter and CIDC as a major CBI  influence in the Caribbean. Additionally, there are reliable reports that the SVG Opposition efforts to introduce CBI in that country are fully funded by China.

If you know your Caribbean history, remember that it was the ongoing rapid construction, by a large Cuban contractor contingent, of the runway in Grenada, which had come under a radical political regime, that was one of the principal factors in the international invasion in 1983. The potential future use of the Grenada airport as an airbase for Soviet heavy bombers, was correctly seen as a National Security threat by the United States. Whether history is now repeating itself, with China the emerging threat, potentially having access for its military aviation assets in the Eastern Caribbean, is an issue which cannot be ignored.

We will be closely monitoring this project, and watching for the United States' response to its progress. as part of our coverage of China's efforts to expand its political, economic, social and martial influence in the states of the Eastern Caribbean.