{"id":4809,"date":"2026-09-26T01:30:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T05:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/?p=4809"},"modified":"2026-09-26T01:30:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T05:30:25","slug":"gonsalves-calls-kamla-s-caricom-rhetoric-unnecessarily-divisive-but-says-disagreements-remain-respectful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/?p=4809","title":{"rendered":"Gonsalves calls Kamla\u2019s CARICOM rhetoric unnecessarily divisive but says disagreements remain respectful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ralph Gonsalves says he considers some of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar\u2019s rhetoric concerning CARICOM to be unnecessarily divisive, while insisting their political disagreements have not changed the respect he has for her.<\/p>\n<p>Gonsalves specifically said he disagrees with Persad-Bissessar\u2019s position that the Caribbean is not a zone of peace, describing that view as a misconception.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the interview, he explained that the Caribbean\u2019s designation as a zone of peace refers primarily to peaceful relations between states and an aspiration to preserve those conditions, rather than suggesting that individual countries are free from crime.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the disagreement, Gonsalves said he would not verbally abuse Persad-Bissessar and would continue speaking about her respectfully.<\/p>\n<p>He praised her rise from humble beginnings through what he described as discipline, hard work and intelligence in a male-dominated political environment, calling her political journey remarkable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gonsalves says he disagrees with Kamla Persad-Bissessar on CARICOM while maintaining personal respect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-trinidad-and-tobago"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}