Jamaica’s JLP’s Foreign-Backed Destabilization in 70s-80s Sparked Jamaica’s Ongoing Brain Drain
In the 1970s and 1980s, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), then in opposition, faced allegations of collaborating with foreign entities, including intelligence agencies like the CIA, to destabilize Jamaica through violence, propaganda, and other disruptive tactics. This period of intense political and social turmoil, exacerbated by economic challenges and high unemployment, led many skilled and…