Comments on: Turks & Caicos Reverts to Colonial Status http://matadorpulse.com/turks-caicos-reverts-to-colonial-status/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:28:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tim Patterson http://matadorpulse.com/turks-caicos-reverts-to-colonial-status/comment-page-1/#comment-2932 Tim Patterson Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:12:07 +0000 http://matadorpulse.com/?p=1013#comment-2932 TCI Journal is a great resource, btw. http://tcijournal.com/ TCI Journal is a great resource, btw.

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]]> By: Tim Patterson http://matadorpulse.com/turks-caicos-reverts-to-colonial-status/comment-page-1/#comment-2931 Tim Patterson Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:10:47 +0000 http://matadorpulse.com/?p=1013#comment-2931 I hear you, Julie, but I think the situation has progressed beyond the point where a nuanced solution would work. I hear you, Julie, but I think the situation has progressed beyond the point where a nuanced solution would work.

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]]> By: Julie Schwietert http://matadorpulse.com/turks-caicos-reverts-to-colonial-status/comment-page-1/#comment-2926 Julie Schwietert Sat, 22 Aug 2009 04:07:16 +0000 http://matadorpulse.com/?p=1013#comment-2926 Corrupt? Absolutely. Not to mention immoral and unfit for office. But I'm not sure I support the British impulse to go in and "clean up"-- not according to the plan that seems to be taking shape. Providing support to help a country govern itself is one thing and reinserting your own figureheads into office is another. I'd like to see a solution that's a bit more nuanced. Corrupt? Absolutely. Not to mention immoral and unfit for office.
But I’m not sure I support the British impulse to go in and “clean up”– not according to the plan that seems to be taking shape. Providing support to help a country govern itself is one thing and reinserting your own figureheads into office is another. I’d like to see a solution that’s a bit more nuanced.

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]]> By: Tim Patterson http://matadorpulse.com/turks-caicos-reverts-to-colonial-status/comment-page-1/#comment-2925 Tim Patterson Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:19:48 +0000 http://matadorpulse.com/?p=1013#comment-2925 Thank goodness Misick is out of office - he was horribly corrupt, among other faults, and I applaud the British for stepping in to clean things up. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/11/michael-misick-turks-caic_n_96258.html Thank goodness Misick is out of office – he was horribly corrupt, among other faults, and I applaud the British for stepping in to clean things up.

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]]> By: Julie Schwietert http://matadorpulse.com/turks-caicos-reverts-to-colonial-status/comment-page-1/#comment-2921 Julie Schwietert Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:54:28 +0000 http://matadorpulse.com/?p=1013#comment-2921 Eva- It's an interesting situation. You're right-- they were never "independent"-- at least not wholly independent in the way that some of the other island nations were; however, I suppose the status of TCI is somewhat akin to Puerto Rico's status vis-a-vis the US: pseudo-independence. The take on this change, at least what I can gather from the TCI press, though, is that the dissolution of the TCI's own legislative branch and the dismissal of at least a portion of its constitution is being considered a retrocession and an exercise of neocolonialist power. There's much more background, surely, and many other factors likely to complicate the situation and (certainly) my understanding of it. Will be interesting to follow. Eva-

It’s an interesting situation. You’re right– they were never “independent”– at least not wholly independent in the way that some of the other island nations were; however, I suppose the status of TCI is somewhat akin to Puerto Rico’s status vis-a-vis the US: pseudo-independence.

The take on this change, at least what I can gather from the TCI press, though, is that the dissolution of the TCI’s own legislative branch and the dismissal of at least a portion of its constitution is being considered a retrocession and an exercise of neocolonialist power.

There’s much more background, surely, and many other factors likely to complicate the situation and (certainly) my understanding of it. Will be interesting to follow.

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]]> By: Eva http://matadorpulse.com/turks-caicos-reverts-to-colonial-status/comment-page-1/#comment-2920 Eva Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:38:57 +0000 http://matadorpulse.com/?p=1013#comment-2920 I could be wrong on this, but it's my understanding that Turks and Caicos was never an independent nation? I thought they'd remained a British overseas territory of some description, and then that their autonomy within that framework has now been (substantially) reduced. I could be wrong on this, but it’s my understanding that Turks and Caicos was never an independent nation? I thought they’d remained a British overseas territory of some description, and then that their autonomy within that framework has now been (substantially) reduced.

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