David Grant continues sharing his story with Renaldo McKenzie in What’s Your Story, an installment series on The Neoliberal Round Podcast, now a non-profit media organization dedicated to providing information and public discourse.

The interview was recorded in four parts, and this episode represents the final chapter—Part 23.4—of What’s Your Story featuring Rev. David Grant.

Rev. Grant is the author of a deliverance workbook entitled Closing the Doors and is the Co-Founder and President of Odigia Global (odigiaglobal.org). Originally from Jamaica, he previously served as Lead Pastor of the Jamaica Evangelistic Center, a major Pentecostal denomination in Jamaica. He was mentored by the late Bishop V.T. Williams, a towering figure in Pentecostalism known for his ministry in deliverance and healing throughout Jamaica and the Americas.

Having relocated to the United States just over a year ago, Rev. Grant is now developing his ministry here and reflects on his journey, calling, and experiences in this concluding conversation.

Parts 1, 2, and 3 of the interview are also available on the podcast:
What’s Your Story – Part 23.1, 23.2, and 23.3.
This episode completes the series with Part 23.4.

Rev. Renaldo C. McKenzie, host of The Neoliberal Round Podcast, is the author of Neoliberalism, Globalization, Income Inequality, Poverty and Resistance, and the upcoming book Neoliberal Globalization Reconsidered: Unfair Competition and the Death of Nations, scheduled for release in April 2026.

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According to the Jamaica Gleaner, Jamaica is ending its longstanding medical cooperation arrangement with Cuba, a move that is already creating uncertainty, delays, and concern within the health sector. Jamaica’s government has said the two sides could not agree on new terms and also pointed to labour and legal concerns in the existing arrangement. At the same time, the broader context is impossible to ignore: this decision comes amid intensified U.S. pressure on Cuba and Washington’s campaign against Cuba’s overseas medical missions.

In my view, this is not happening in a vacuum. The United States has been pushing countries to reconsider or sever ties with Cuba, including in the health sector, while accusing Cuba’s medical missions of forced labour—an allegation many Caribbean leaders have rejected. Reuters reported that Jamaica is the latest country to roll back medical cooperation with Cuba under pressure from the Trump administration, and similar disruptions are now being seen elsewhere in the region.

Guyana is also facing a similar problem. The Associated Press reported that Cuban doctors are preparing to leave Guyana after disputes over payment arrangements, again in a climate shaped by U.S. pressure and wider efforts to isolate Cuba. AP also noted that Jamaica, Honduras, and several other Caribbean countries have been reconsidering how these programmes are structured.

The Caribbean has long depended on Cuban medical personnel to help fill critical shortages, especially in underserved areas. So if Washington’s policy helps trigger the collapse of these partnerships, then the United States cannot wash its hands like Pontius Pilate and walk off stage. It has a responsibility to help address the gap its policy has helped create. If the U.S. wants Caribbean governments to end or reduce their medical ties with Cuba, then it should also help provide the doctors, nurses, training, and investment needed to protect healthcare in Jamaica and across the region.

Renaldo McKenzie is Author of Neoliberalism Globalization Income Inequality Poverty and Resistance and the upcoming book "Neoliberal Globalization Reconsidered, Unfair Competition and The Death of Nations.

On March 13th I spoke at a College to Students in the General Studies Department at Jamaica Theological Seminary on The Power and Value of General Studies.

I shared my journey, highlighting how interdisciplinary studies have made me into a world citizen.

In the beginning we wrapped for 20 minutes then I spoke:

The Power of General Studies: Preparing the Mind for a Complex World

Good morning students, faculty, and friends.

Life, if we are honest about it, is really about people—people and how people relate to one another.
Yet life is also something else: it is what you make of it… or what you allow others to make of it for you.

That realization did not come to me overnight.
It came through experience, travel, struggle, and most importantly through the kind of thinking that General Studies encourages.

Today I want to share my journey with you, and through that journey show you why General Studies is one of the most valuable foundations you can have for life

Renaldo McKenzie is author of Neoliberalism, Globalization, Income Inequality Poverty and Resistance and the upcoming book:

Neoliberal Globalization Reconsidered, Unfair Competition and the Death of Nations.

Rev. Renaldo McKenzie is a Professor at Jamaica Theological Seminary and is working towards completing his doctorate.

Renaldo is a graduate at University of Pennsylvania where he completed two masters, The Master of Liberal Arts and Then the Master of Philosophy.

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