HAS MARCO RUBIO FOUND ANOTHER WAY TO REIN IN THE GOVERNMENT OF SAINT LUCIA?

As we have often explained, one of the fastest ways for the United States to signal to a government in the Eastern Caribbean that it policies meet with American disapproval, or worse, are a direct threat, is to start to reduce the country's only lucrative industry, American tourism. The recent Travel Advisory, issued by the U.S. State Department, raising the Threat Level on Saint Lucia to Level 2, "Exercise Increased Caution," may be part of such a plan. Whether Saint Lucia's crime status has justified this increase, or whether this is simply Secretary Rubio wielding a Big Stick, we cannot say, but what if the latter is true?

Are things going to get worse in Saint Lucia? Will cruise ships cancel visits? Will American flag airlines cut back on flights, when reservations drop off? We will be watching for other signs America is moving against the economies of Eastern Caribbean states where corruption and financial crime, supported by government officials, or foreign policy allied with America's autocratic enemies, threatens National Security.