Barbados to launch Caribbean Institute for Democracy amid rising U.S. military presence

Barbados' Prime Minister Mia Mottley has announced plans to establish a Caribbean Institute for Democracy and Political Governance. teleSUR

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00:00Barbados Prime Minister Mia Motley announced plans to establish an Institute for Democracy

00:05and Governance in the Caribbean following the declaration of Latin America and the Caribbean

00:09as a zone of peace.

00:10This statement was made in a context of a new U.S. inheritance with its military and

00:16naval presence in the Caribbean Sea.

00:18In a message published in the social media, ex-Prime Minister Mia Motley says that regional

00:23leaders must ensure that the Caribbean remains a zone of peace and has announced plans to

00:28establish a Caribbean Institute for Democracy and Political Governance at the University

00:32of the West Indies Cape Hill campus.