Please do not confuse training with education. They are very different.
A person can be well trained in their chosen discipline and still know little about the wider world in terms of history, geography, economics, international relations, etc.
A capable leader of a country must either know a great deal personally or have trusted advisers who can propose policy options. This latter scenario can lead to the exertion of undue influence by an adviser who is either unscrupulous or has a hidden agenda. Read history.

Bana 10: That accident referred to in my recent comment occurred on February 1, 1991, with details available on Wikipedia under the heading "Los Angeles International Airport". Complete details are provided.

Bana10: And who are you going to replace them with? Surely not the controller in Los Angeles who, one dark night some years ago, instructed the twin engine commuter aircraft to "taxi into position and hold" at the threshold of the active runway then promptly forgot all about that particular aircraft until she cleared a commercial jet to land on the same runway which the jet obediently did, right on top of the aircraft that was still patiently waiting for takeoff clearance. That made the headlines.

Who remembers the low-flying DC 3 aircraft spraying brown clouds of the insecticide Malathion in 1977 during the outbreak of dengue fever?
After a while the ground was littered with dead bees, wasps, butterflies and birds if my memory serves me correctly.
Unfortunately it seems to be very difficult or impossible to find and/or use an insecticide specific to mosquitoes. I stand to be corrected on this but remember that the mosquito has been the vector for many serious diseases such as yellow fever, malaria, west nile virus, dengue, etc. Recall also the tremendous and history-changing damage done throughout history by the lowly flea riding on rats and spreading bubonic plague.
Like the man said: "The only thing new under the sun is the history you don't know."

Sweden remained neutral during World War II while selling lumber, coal and iron ore to Germany while next door neighbour Norway suffered occupation by German troops and naval units interested in the ice-free fjords along the Atlantic coast of Norway. The German navy concealed their most prized assets in those fjords such as the huge battleship "Bismark" which ended up being sunk by the Royal Navy in May 1941 at a huge cost in lives and lost ships.
The other country remaining neutral was Switzerland, perhaps for quite different but very practical reasons. Allied aircrews could land their aircraft in Switzerland when they had become too stressed by the dangers of aerial warfare and could enjoy their internment in a Swiss "prison" where they were well supplied with chocolates for the duration of hostilities.
Don't forget that the Swedish industrialist Axel Wennergren lived for a while on Hog Island (Paradise Island) during the war and was under suspicion by the British authorities for more than a little time.

Come on now! Did you expect him to be incarcerated in Nassau so that he could conduct classes in burglary, escape, etc., for the boys in Fox Hill? Let's get real here: this young man proved himself almost a wizard in his ability to escape and evade capture for a considerable period of time.
The inmates in Fox Hill could not be allowed to come into contact with such a prospective teacher behind bars.

The concept of a number of independent candidates winning seats in a general election is always interesting, in theory at least. Unfortunately in a small country (and in a few large ones) it proves very difficult to oppose the inertia built up by the large and well financed political organizations with the result that the election of an independent candidate is a rarity.
The general public, as a rule, fears using their single vote for little or no chance of seeing a victory for the independent candidate. The more's the pity since a government comprised of a selection of independent candidates could provide some fresh ideas and attitudes, at least at the beginning of the term of the independent candidate who won election to the House of Assembly.

I find myself somewhat surprised (perhaps I shouldn't be) by some of the more radical comments about the media backing a campaign to disarm people in the USA and the claim that the USA is a safe country in spite of the huge number of guns in private hands.
The simple fact is that while it is true that a gun is not absolutely required in order to commit murder it sure makes it a whole lot easier.
Compare the murder statistics for Japan in order to understand what a more restrictive gun ownership regime can do for the crime statistics.
In the USA the entrenched nature of their Second Amendment makes it virtually impossible to change the situation at this late date.

With reference to the Cuban teachers I should like to say that they are not unique in the system. The employment of Jamaican and Guyanese teachers whose national currencies are presently experiencing exchange rates vis a vis the US Dollar of 1:127 and 1:217 respectively, is a way for the government to avoid paying pensions to retirees and to attract persons who will be less likely to support the efforts of the Bahamas Union of Teachers.
In the matter of the Cubans, bear in mind that they retain only a part of their monthly salary with the bulk being remitted to the central government in Havana. They are, in effect, being rented out to other countries in order to provide employment for Cuban nationals while generating foreign exchange for the central government.
This is a win-win situation for all the parties involved except the Bahamian children.

The Bahamas has every right to issue such a travel advisory since the USA is a country where virtually everyone and anyone has a gun or guns. I have seen pistols carried in the open in holsters cowboy fashion in New Orleans in 1975 and in North Carolina a few years earlier. Over there you have to assume that everyone has a gun or could potentially have a gun and you behave accordingly. Unfortunately many of their policemen and women are very nervous which leads to terrible incidents. They use tasers in some cases but there are people high on drugs on whom the electrical current provided by the taser is not quite so effective.