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Article: Antigua's Toxic Cocktail: Fact v Fiction.
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- October 30, 2009
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In a culture where gossip is news, where questions are met with indignation instead of answers, and where, by law, the Ministers' definition of "public good" cannot be questioned, facts and fiction are readily and frequently intermingled in the Government's announcements and news releases.
As a corollary, a number of Government moves remain cloaked in total silence.
The two-party system in Antigua operates on just such a basis. Both parties are made up of individuals who, while publicly fighting for power, do so through a battery of obfuscation, misrepresentation and outright lies.
Their goal is the same - personal financial gain, and they ...