Report in today’s Miami Herald …

With stars absent, Jamaica race is popularity contest

“PORUS, Jamaica - Jamaica’s first female prime minister, fighting a bruising election battle, is on stage in jeans and a flaming orange baseball cap, pumping her clenched fist into the air and dancing to a throbbing island beat.

Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller’s backers portray her as a down-to-earth mother figure who favours the poor, while supporters of opposition leader Bruce Golding paint her as a ghetto politician who’s no match for his sophisticated leadership.”

To read the full report click here.

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