Significant investments including embassies, a Libyan Bank and investment funds. The relationship between the Caribbean islands, many in need of investments and funding, was purely opportunistic.
http://www.caribbean360.com/index.php/news/353699.html#axzz1JtnBDGiI "Many of St. Vincent and the Grenadines major development projects in recent years have benefited from Libyan funding. The opposition in St. Vincent and the Grenadines has criticised Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves government for accepting what opposition leader Arnhim Eustace describes as "blood money". Gonsalves defends his governments receipt of the aid. According to the prime minister, the 250,000 dollars handed over to the Housing and Land Development Corporation (HLDC) by Libyas ambassador to the OECS, Ammat Ali, in February are to aid with rebuilding the country after the damage wrought by Hurricane Tomas last year. "You know, that is blood money! That is blood money!" declared Eustace during a rally held to whip up support for a protest march against two controversial bills that were being taken to parliament. "I want Ralph to tell the people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines what is his position now about [Libyan leader Muammar] Gaddafi," said Eustace. In nearby Dominica, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit reiterated his governments position that Dominica will not break ties with Libya because of the ongoing political turmoil. "Why should we terminate relations with Libya," said Skerrit, who also questioned the oppositions call for him to simply review his existing relationship with Tripoli. The same stance has been taken by Prime Minister Stephenson King of St. Lucia, who said while his government is monitoring developments in Libya, they were not severing diplomatic relat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:336388 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
