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“If there is nothing as strong as an idea whose time has come, the notion of ‘debt forgiveness' for Haiti has arrived in our time as a nine-point-five on whatever scale it is that measures compassion”: Blogging from Barbados, B.C. Pires thinks that CARICOM countries should be leading the charge when it comes to canceling Haiti's debt.
Canal Solidario writes about the Indigenous Film Festival which will take place in Sevilla, Spain. During the screening, films from indigenous communities inside Nicaragua, Canada and Brazil will be shown and participants will also discuss the role of multimedia and internet tools in protecting cultural diversity.
how can they hear reports from Jacmel, Haiti: “There is certainly a shift taking place here in the last 2 days. Life seems to be getting back to normal… In no way do I want it to sound like life is peachy in Jacmel, because I’m sure that for many, it is not. But the point is that life is resuming here… Food is available. Gas is available. Moto taxis are once again crowding the narrow streets.”
The Haitian Blogger reports on Haitians helping one another: “A restaurant on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince is taking up the slack left by still-incomplete relief efforts and feeding 1,000 hungry and homeless Haitians a day—for free.”
Diaspora blogger Peggy Brunache is touched by the outpouring of support for Haiti: “I have always felt that Haiti was like that little kid who everyone tried to hit first and repeatedly during a dodgeball game. After getting pummelled, the little kid would get up, brush herself off and limp to her next class. And yet this time, when something large, hard, and random fell out of the sky hitting this little girl in her head, knocking her down with a severe concussion, bleeding profusely, a bunch of kids ran over to help her.”
Repeating Islands links to a mainstream media report claiming that Haitians want the U.S. to take over, a concept which the blogger finds odd: “I have been wondering how long it would take before the US press began to report that the Haitian population wanted the Americans to take over. Given the widespread suspicion throughout Haiti of United States’ designs on the nation and the memory of historically-recent debacles associated with the US…it is hard to believe that this sentiment is as prevalent…”
“I feel a terror that almost doesn’t let me type, but I want to tell those who today threatened me and my family, that when one reaches a certain level of panic, higher doses don’t make any difference. I will not stop writing, or Twittering; I have no plans to close my blog, nor abandon the practice of thinking with my own mind…”: Cuba's Generation Y holds fast to her beliefs.
Hassan Ziyau discusses the recent rise of extremism inside Maldives and urges the government to take the issue seriously.
Bermudian bloggers have little faith in their Finance Minister's competence.
Annie Paul tells a tale of a supposed Haitian earthquake refugee who turns out to be “a famished Jamaican fisherman or as the Observer put it, ‘a Jamaican mute from Windsor Castle, Portland.'”
I strongly believe this is the real reason for the Mauritanian government striking a deal to settle the dispute with...
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==> As Africans we need to let go of our victimhood, inferiority complex & acceptance of the mediocre. We deserve...