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Gun toting hungry men are beginning to terrorize the place, holding up shops and gas stations, shooting and robbing people! Sounds like Jamaica where the gap between the rich and the poor is no longer a gap, but a highway separating those that eat well from those who have to kill for their families to eat.<\/p>\n

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An old historian tracing slavery routes said that among the last movement of Africans to the Caribbean was a contingent from Angola that was split up between Jamaica and Antigua, thus explaining the nexus between the two islands.<\/p>

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Jamaica has had even more influence on Antigua with the Revelation of Rastafari spreading to Antigua and then on to the rest of the Eastern Caribbean. The revolutionary lyrics and rhythms of reggae \u00a0express the life of the down pressed people for whom poverty is a daily experience with hunger being the foremost concern.<\/p>

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Antigua is heading in the Jamaica direction fast, where even the politicians are beginning to refer to their constituencies as garrisons and promoting the gangster minded to positions in the government service with police protection.<\/p>\n

The refusal to see the hunger of the poor, by those whose daily bread is visible in their big bellies, and who drive around the newest rave in cars, and the politicians whose backyards are littered with functioning vehicles just sitting there and adding more, all will feel the rage!<\/p>

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Rage begins in the poorer areas then spreads to the nearest areas of the lesser poor, then to the cash outlets like supermarkets, gas stations, shops and then into the homes of those who think they are protected by dogs and security alarms. As the lyrics say, a hungry man is definitely an angry man, and plenty people are hungry these days.<\/p>\n

This is not the time to be annoying people by talking down to them, taking away their little rights and abusing them because as leaders you don\u2019t want to share and you don\u2019t know what to tell people in the face of Government\u2019s wanton abuse of power.<\/p>

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Everywhere privately owned expensive equipment is clearing hills, valleys and lands all over the island.<\/p>

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Several areas are getting their second and third clearing of bush in order for the equipment to create wealth for their owners among whom are said to be persons of worth. Roads are being built for the election, which is a cultural expression of our pre-election work-up which used to be every five years, but as the roads are now only built for the new three year election cycle, they are cheaper and will now last just 3 years.<\/p>\n

Antigua people\u2019s ability to dress-up hides the content of the refrigerator and the cupboards in the homes of people who have so long gone past the hungry years that admitting the state of the pocket has become an embarrassment.<\/p>\n

People don\u2019t want to admit they are broke and hungry so it has become something now to be ashamed of and which ultimately will encourage theft and other criminal acts like smuggling of drugs and guns, all being done to feed the family.<\/p>\n

If we do not face up to the rich getting richer from the pandemic while the poor are getting hungrier and angrier, we are going to see crime loose on the streets as garrisons are created just like in Jamaica where the gunman rules the day and the night!<\/p>\n

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