Peter Polack

Peter Polack is a former criminal lawyer in the Cayman Islands for several decades. His books are The Last Hot Battle of the Cold War: South Africa vs. Cuba in the Angolan Civil War (2013), Jamaica, The Land of Film (2017) and Guerrilla Warfare: Kings of Revolution (2019). He was a contributor to Encyclopedia of Warfare (2013). His latest book is a compendium of Russian espionage activities with almost five hundred Soviet spies expelled from nearly 100 countries worldwide 1940-88.

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Peter Polack3 days ago
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Caribbean Meaning Of Love

CAYMAN ISLANDS – The experience of romance or what some contemplate as love, when a teenager, appears shallow in later…
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Peter Polack1 week ago
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Caribbean Lickey Lickey

CAYMAN ISLANDS – I know some women and men who have been taken care of by their fathers, mothers, husbands,…
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Peter Polack2 weeks ago
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Caribbean Professionalism – A Cautionary Tale

CAYMAN ISLANDS – Many years ago I represented some Colombian pilots caught in a massive cocaine sting. Apparently, it is a…
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Peter Polack3 weeks ago
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Caribbean Police Budgets – Value For Money

CAYMAN ISLANDS -The money being spent on regional police forces only comes into focus once a year at budget time…
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Peter PolackApril 10, 2026
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Caribbean Zeitgeist – The Strangler Fig Tree

CAYMAN ISLANDS – Our Caribbean zeitgeist or the prevailing spirit of the region can be compared to the Strangler Fig…
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Peter PolackApril 4, 2026
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Commentary: Caribbean Allegiances – Treason and Traitors

CAYMAN ISLANDS – The outside world has become a complicated place with conflicts, targeted assasinations and renditions of government leaders being…
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Peter PolackMarch 27, 2026
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Caribbean Deception and Self Protection

CAYMAN ISLANDS – I once had a friend who, upon trouble with his wife, quietly surrendered his firearms to the…
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Peter PolackMarch 21, 2026
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Caribbean Cuban Attacks – The Bahamas and Cayman Threat

The rule since the arrival of a new American President is that there are no rules. An ever moving red…
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Peter PolackMarch 14, 2026
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Caribbean Countries Dancing To Another Tune

CAYMAN ISLANDS – The British Overseas Territory of the Cayman Islands recently legalized same sex relationships despite the opposition of…
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Peter PolackMarch 7, 2026
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Caribbean Success – American Failures

CAYMAN ISLANDS – Grenada and Panama are renown for many things, prominent among them, successful American attacks and invasions, that…
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