The Stanford Syndrome

According to the website of the Antigua & Barbuda Government High Commission in London, Antigua's attractions for investment include a robust ICT infrastructure and strong investor protection, safety and security.

However, if one should continue to explore websites not controlled by the Government of Antigua & Barbuda, a different reality will quickly become exposed.

Since Antigua & Barbuda proclaimed its Independence on November 1, 1981, its Government chose opaque opportunism and self-enrichment as a strategy for governance.

It has been suggested that such is the natural outcome of the history of slavery, where the master and his interest were paramount, followed by colonialism, where the relationship between those who governed and those who were governed was only slightly less rigid.