My Jamaican Experience: My Personal Experience of the Good Old Days, the Days of Wrath and a Look at Our Future Challenges
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Since then, Jamaica has gone on to become a record producer of sugar, banana, and bauxite (aluminum ore). Jamaica was the first country in the Western Hemisphere to have a postal system, a piped domestic water system, and a golf course.
In the nineteen sixties and early seventies, Jamaica had one of the highest growth rates among the developing countries. Jamaica won more Olympic track-and-field medals, as a ratio of its population, than any other country in the world, and only the United States has a larger aggregate.
In spite of this early sterling performance, Jamaica has been through a turbulent political uprising and is still trying to navigate through a crippling economic malaise. In the nineteen seventies and early eighties, Jamaica was ground zero for the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.
The author will take you through the good old days of the natural simplicity of growing up in rural Jamaica. He will recount the past and present great achievements that have been accredited to Jamaica.
You will also visit with him the days of wrath when Jamaica was the staging ground for the proxy war between the Soviet/Cuban axis versus the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Wilberforce Reid
Wilberforce Reid grew up in rural Jamaica and experienced the natural simplicity of rural community life. His work experience was mainly in the bauxite/alumina industry in Jamaica where he started as an instrument/electrical technician and was later promoted to a supervisory position. Later, he pursued his bachelor's degree in electronics and subsequently became an instrument/electrical engineer in the bauxite/alumina industry. During this time, he was very active in Jamaican politics and leadership roles in social and community work. Wilberforce also lived for a period of time in the United States, where he worked as an unlimited electrical contractor, licensed in the State of Connecticut. He also pursued the following occupations while there: journeyman electrician for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and electrician with the Long Island Rail Road. This comprehensive experience in Jamaican politics, Jamaican culture, and the experience of working across the labor spectrum in the United States has given Wilberforce the unique perspective to evaluate the Jamaican situation.
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