Tit For Tat

August 2007 | Risk Summary

There has still not been a date set for next year's general election, though the leading parties are stepping up campaigning via columns in the local press. While the ruling Barbados Labour Party (BLP) has sought to highlight the economic success story that Prime Minister Owen Arthur has presided over, the main opposition Democratic Labour Party (DLP) has attempted to portray the government as unstable and lacking confidence, with a poor track record on social justice. Our high political risk ratings (in both the short and long term) for Barbados reflect an established, well-functioning democracy, and we only see a

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