ANTIGUA BACKS ECUADORIAN FOR TOP UN POST IN SURPRISE CARICOM SPLIT
UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK: In a major diplomatic fracture within the regional integration movement, Antigua and Barbuda has broken ranks with its Caribbean Community (CARICOM) sister nations, openly bypassing Guyana’s candidate Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett to formally nominate and endorse former Ecuadorian Foreign Minister María Fernanda Espinosa for the post of United Nations Secretary-General.