Agriculture Minister Dr Shantal Munro-Knight has rejected the very notion of “sovereign debt”, arguing that the region’s mounting liabilities are rooted not in domestic policy failures but in a global system shaped by climate vulnerability and historical inequities.

The minister, a former executive director of regional non-governmental umbrella the Caribbean Policy Development Centre, made the comment as the CPDC launched its documentary Tides of Debt at the Marriott Hotel on Wednesday afternoon

Dr Munro-Knight argued that the financial chokehold gripping the region is inextricably linked to climate change and inadequate international financial architecture.