Rathedi is first ambassador to CARICOM
Monday, February 24, 2014
Rathedi, who is Botswana’s resident ambassador to Brazil, was also accredited as the country’s first Plenipotentiary Representative to CARICOM in a ceremony in Guyana this week.
CARICOM is an organisation of 15 Caribbean nations and dependencies, whose main purposes are to promote economic integration and cooperation among its members, to ensure that the benefits of integration are equitably shared, and to coordinate foreign policy.
Political parties are actively campaigning, with the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) facing scrutiny not only for its policies but also for alleged connections to political practices in neighbouring Zimbabwe.Meanwhile, the opposition is voicing concerns over potential electoral ‘rigging’ and the composition of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), selected by the Judicial Service Commission. We have also had disturbing trends...