Across the Caribbean Overseas Territories especially, there's rejection of a recommendation by the British parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee for British citizens to have the right to vote and hold elected office in the islands.
People in the Cayman Islands, like in everywhere worldwide, are divided on whether he was a paedophile or not, many loyalties split between his musical genius and questionable behaviour with young boys.
Just a few days ago, a shipment of aid bound for Venezuela via Curacao, was blocked by the local government in Willemstad, the island’s capital.
Curiously Guyana was one of the Caribbean countries which was a beneficiary of the Venezuelan Chavez-era PetroCaribe oil concessions, a diplomatic outreach oiled by, well…oil.
A row between the British government and the European Union over Gibraltar has thrown into stark relief the relationship - or the perception thereof - between the UK and the Overseas Territories (OTs).
With the rapidly escalating crisis showing only signs of worsening, global powers have been digging in their heels on both sides of the Venezuelan political and ideological divide.
A recent article circulating in British press suggesting that the UK government is looking at setting up naval bases in the Caribbean post-Brexit has caused a wave of reaction in one of the possible locations hinted at.
The critical economic linkages between the Cayman Islands and other Caribbean countries with the United States could be severely tested in 2019.
To wish British Prime Minister Theresa May a Merry Christmas might just be the cruellest of jokes.
Prime Minister Theresa May specifically mentioned the Overseas Territories as part of ‘the UK family’ in reporting on the agreement reached with the European Union on the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement.