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Caribbean & Central America - June 2010 (ISSN 1741-4458)
US squeeze on Jamaica as part of wider security drive
The recent clash in Kingston between the government of Prime Minister
Bruce Golding and supporters of alleged drug baron Christopher 'Dudus' Coke was
forced on Jamaica by intense US pressure. There has been some bemusement in
circles close to the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) as to why the US has been
so forceful on Coke, who is wanted in the US for narcotics and arms trafficking,
and wields huge (pro-JLP) influence in Golding's own Kingston West constituency.
The JLP was, after all, a stalwart US ally against communism during the Cold War
(a struggle in which, it is rumoured, Coke's father Lester played his part on
behalf of American interests). Golding now faces political difficulties over, on
the one hand, his attempts to prevent Coke's extradition to the US and, on the
other, his handling of the operation against Coke, which left more than 70
dead.
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