Blog - Amilcar Sanatan

A View of Chavismo From The CARICOM

Posted on December 11, 2015February 9, 2020 by amilcarsanatan

In 2013 Hugo Chavez died. In 2015, is Chavismo dead too? For the first time in sixteen years, the PSUV has lost control of the National Assembly since the establishment of the nationalistic socialist revolution that excited the popular masses of a crumbling Venezuela. An important lesson that emerged from the election result, in which […]

Classism 101: How the Government Fails Our Children

Posted on October 18, 2015February 9, 2020 by amilcarsanatan

The failure of State-run secondary schools exacerbates classism socially and in the labour market as a result of mismanagement and neglect by persistent administrations that have had a piece-meal approach to the crisis yutes face in the education system. For 2015, in the allocation pool of four hundred and forty-three (443) national scholarships, denominational schools […]

10 Thoughts On The Caribbean Yute Movement

Posted on October 4, 2015February 9, 2020 by amilcarsanatan

Over the course of three-days, yutes and youth development professionals from the insular Caribbean, Haiti/Ayiti, Cuba, Mexico, UK, Canada and Germany united to interrogate the meaning of development and express their aspirations at the SALISES Caribbean Youth Development Conference. I was blessed with the opportunity to deliver the address for Caribbean Youth Day 2015 titled […]

Talking Redemption: 8 Things Chronixx Wants To Tell De Yutes

Posted on September 6, 2015February 9, 2020 by amilcarsanatan

I had the opportunity to sit down with Chronixx in a public reasonings, one week ago. Chronixx, one of reggae’s rising global stars who is often dubbed the “King of Reggae” in what is considered a revival of the art form shared some of his perspectives and philosophies at a Community Youth Gathering in Trinidad […]