Antigua Election: Visa Tensions, Climate Aid

0:00On April 30, voters in Antiga and Barbuda are heading to the polls this Thursday for a snap general election with U.S. visa restrictions stealing. The spotlight. Prime Minister Gaston Brown is gunning for a fourth term after calling the vote last month, two years ahead of schedule. The drama kicked off in January when Washington suspended visa processing for nationals there. The beef is over the citizenship by investment program where foreigners dropped cash for citizenship and U.S. officials worried criminals could live into. America that way. It's a gut punch for everyday folks who jet to the states for jobs and family. Brown's crew says they've beefed up the program with reforms for more transparency and are in talks with the U.S. to fix it fast. Opposition leader Jamal Pringle from the United Progressive Party is echoing that pledge, vowing to lock in visa access to. Brown's Labour Party has ruled since 2014, holding a nine-seat edge in the 17-seat parliament before the vote. As this plays out, Brown, a 59-year-old former banker, keeps pushing wealthy

1:04nations for climate aid hitting Caribbean islands hard. Whoever wins will shape how they tackle these international headaches moving forward. That's your global news today update. AI-powered and always on.