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Antigua and Barbuda: Threat of U.S. sanctions looms
Following on a US Senate Resolution against Antigua and Barbuda introduced on December 8, 10 United States congressmen introduced a Congressional Resolution on December 23 expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the “Government of Antigua and Barbuda has committed numerous acts against the interests of United States citizens and operated the financial sector and judicial system of Antigua and Barbuda in a manner that is manifestly contrary to the public policy of the United States.”
House Resolution 507 was led by Representative Mike Coffman of Colorado, and joined by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, Representatives John Culberson and Pete Sessions, all of Texas; Representatives Jeff Boustany and Bill Cassidy, both of Louisiana; Representative Jo Bonner of Alabama; Representative John Duncan of Tennessee; Representative Greg Harper of Mississippi; and Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer of Missouri.
The resolution focuses primarily on the actions of the government of Antigua and Barbuda to challenge the authority of the US government in the aftermath of the Stanford Financial Group fraud, but also cites the illegal expropriation of US citizen-owned Half Moon Bay.
