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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Caribbean Preventative Detention – Coming To Your Neighbourhood Soon

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – A staunch critic of the Trinidadian government who is a popular and successful bottled water…
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Caribbean Bad Choices – The Recall Petition

CAYMAN ISLANDS – I shot myself in the hand and my brother shot himself in the foot, not because…
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Peter Polack6 days ago
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Caribbean Diaspora – Three Blind Mice

CAYMAN ISLANDS – The ditty about three blind mice has much relevance for the state of the Caribbean with the…
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Peter Polack2 weeks ago
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Caribbean Tribalism – The Unequal Share

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The foundation of Caribbean politics has always been the division of scarce resources among the party or…
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Peter Polack2 weeks ago
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Caribbean Lies – The Teflon Dons and Donnas

KINGSTON, Jamaica – A minister in the Jamaican government cabinet who previously resigned in another scandal, has been charged with…
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Peter Polack3 weeks ago
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Caribbean Necessity – Helping Cubans and Others

CAYMAN ISLANDS – It was once unlawfully forbidden by the Cayman Islands government, as well as their owners the United Kingdom,…
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Peter Polack3 weeks ago
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Caribbean Bail – How Long Is the String

CAYMAN ISLANDS – The Cayman Islands police recently revealed that over 800 suspect residents of that small island are under the…
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Peter PolackJune 4, 2026
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Caribbean – Cuba’s Best Friend: The Cayman Islands

CAYMAN ISLANDS – The resolute American Secretary of State Marco Rubio may be surprised to discover that one of Cuba’s…
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Peter PolackMay 31, 2026
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Caribbean Paper Tiger – The Cuban Military Myth

Much has been made about the likely danger and aftermath of an attack on Cuba by the United States,…
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Peter PolackMay 20, 2026
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Caribbean Bloodshed?- The Cuban Invasion

CAYMAN ISLANDS – Cuba has been the subject of an embargo for most of it’s post-revolutionary life but the recent,…
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