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Weekly Report - 20 August 2009 (WR-09-33)
CARIBBEAN: Turks & Caicos stripped of home rule
The Turks and Caicos Islands, a British overseas territory, will be
ruled directly by Britain until elections in July 2011. The British foreign
office said it was suspending local government to restore “good order". The
chief minister, Galmo Williams, went as far as to describe the British
government's actions as a “coup" - a word which is particularly resonant in the
region right now after recent events in Honduras. Williams had replaced Michael
Misick, who resigned in March over corruption allegations.
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