Caribbean politicians pay tribute to late US president

FORMER ST. LUCIA Prime Minister Sir John Compton has described former United States President, Ronald Regan, as a true friend of the Caribbean, who may have saved the region from Communism. In paying tribute to Reagan, who died on the weekend, Sir John said he had a deep economic and political interest in the region.

He said the establishment of the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) was intended to open a window of opportunities for preferential trade between the Caribbean and the United States.

Sir John also made reference to President Reagan's decision to send US military troops to Grenada in 1983 following the death of the then left wing Prime Minister Maurice Bishop by members of his own Peoples Revolutionary Government (PRG).

Reaqan: a friend of the Caribbean