JAMAICA'S PRIME MINISTER DIRECTLY BLAMES GASTON BROWNE'S LOVE AFFAIR WITH AUTOCRATIC DICTATORS FOR ANTIGUA'S LOSS OF AMERICAN VISA PRIVILEGES

In a powerful televised interview, the former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Bruce Golding, when discussing the situation regarding Caribbean states that have thrown their political lot in with the dictatorships in China, Cuba and Venezuela, remarked that it was Antigua's Prime Minister, GASTON BROWNE's close relationship with the former president of Venezuela, NICOLAS MADURO MOROS, that was directly responsible for the American decision to end the ability of Antiguans to freely visit the United States under its visa program.

While it is well known that the rampant corruption in that Caribbean nation's Citizenship by Investment program (CIP) is the specified grounds for the imposition of what is, in essence, a termination Antiguans' ability to secure a U.S. visa, he stated that Browne's reckless personal affiliation with Maduro directly contributed to the actions of the United State State Department.

Former PM Golding , who joked that current geopolitical reality, and his candor, could result in his own loss of his U.S. visa, noted that Browne's misconduct has severely hurt the people of Antigua, with no relief in sight. He predicted that Antiguans might possibly gain back the ability to secure U.S. visas again in the distant future, in 2029, but that prospect even then was far from certain, and represented only hope on his part.

Antigua PM Browne has gone to great lengths on local media, assuring Antiguans that there will be some sort of "reexamination" of the U.S. visa restrictions after 180 days, which translated to July 1, but there is not only no factual basis for his statements, it is misleading his constituents to portray it as true and correct information. Antiguans are best advised to believe former Jamaican Prime Minister Golding's harsh dose of reality and get used to years of restrictions, Make your travel plans for other destinations, gentlemen, as America will remain off limits, courtesy your Prime Minister, and your rogue CIP program.