Sir Allen Stanford’s alleged $8 billion Ponzi scheme doesn’t only affect his American investors. In the Antiguan election this week, voters chose between the ruling party and the opposition, which welcomed the Texas financier to Antigua twenty years ago. The economy is the central issue in the election, as Antigua’s Stanford International Bank was shut down by Caribbean regulators due to the Stanford fallout.* Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer says his opponent, Lester Bird, tried to “literally give away Antigua and Barbuda to Allen Stanford.” In 2006, Byrd used his power as a former Prime Minister to nominate Stanford for a knighthood.* Election results are expected today. (Associated Press)
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