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Suriname: Seamlessness

Janine Mendes-Franco — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:47:15 +0000

“There is a way that Caribbean music or musical interests create a seamlessness between locations”: Blogging at Paramaribo SPAN, Chris Cozier ruminates on seamless spaces created by sound.

Haiti: Lavalas Banned From Elections

Janine Mendes-Franco — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:42:33 +0000

Repeating Islands reports that “Haiti’s electoral council has banned the influential party of exiled former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from next year’s legislative elections.”

Trinidad & Tobago: The Queen & the PM

Janine Mendes-Franco — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:38:36 +0000

B.C. Pires pokes fun at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, which kicked off in Trinidad and Tobago today.

St. Vincent & the Grenadines: ‘No' It Is

Janine Mendes-Franco — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:28:36 +0000

Vincentian bloggers discuss the fact that the citizenry recently voted ‘No' to “the current manifestation of a proposed constitution for this country.”

Cuba: Call to Respect Human Rights

Janine Mendes-Franco — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:21:54 +0000

As four Cuban dissidents are reportedly arrested in Havana, Uncommon Sense profiles political prisoner Oscar Biscet's call for his compatriots “to join an international campaign set for next month to demand that the Castro dictatorship respect human rights.”

Cuba: Here Comes The Rain Again

Janine Mendes-Franco — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:07:50 +0000

Cuba's Generation Y longs for “what seems to be a pipe dream for so many, when the city will not collapse because of a simple shower that falls in the tropics.”

Dominica: Cruise Control

Janine Mendes-Franco — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:04:25 +0000

Dominica Weekly suggests that the island's emphasis on cruise tourism may be a bit misplaced.

St. Vincent & the Grenadines: No!

Janine Mendes-Franco — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:54:55 +0000

The people have voted no to the proposed new constitution in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Abeni and Repeating Islands report.

Trinidad & Tobago: Why the Shutdown?

Janine Mendes-Franco — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:49:02 +0000

KnowTnT.com is unimpressed that tomorrow is being pegged as “a de facto holiday in Trinidad and Tobago due to CHOGM”, adding: “There's really no reason for everything to shut down for an entire day. Of course, it could simply be that the powers-that-be are dismissing the citizens of the nation more openly now.”

St. Lucia, U.S.A.: New Book of Poetry

Janine Mendes-Franco — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:43:33 +0000

From St. Lucia, Caribbean Book Blog interviews Dr. Neal Hall about his new anthology of verse, Nigger For Life.

Bahamas: Enough Already

Janine Mendes-Franco — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:11:34 +0000

Bahama Pundit's Larry Smith is “sick and tired of all those forwarded emails peddling scams, lies and hate propaganda.”

Trinidad & Tobago: Waste of Time?

Janine Mendes-Franco — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:51:50 +0000

“Most citizens still think CHOGM is a few-hundred-million dollar joke and will not benefit citizens in any way”: Trinidad and Tobago's This Beach Called Life weighs in on the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.

Bermuda, St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Here Comes The Queen

Janine Mendes-Franco — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:47:06 +0000

Shawn and Sue and Repeating Islands blog about the Queen of England's visit to Bermuda.

Jamaica: Trafficking in Paradise?

Janine Mendes-Franco — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:43:17 +0000

Jamaica Salt takes a look at human trafficking and prostitution on the island.

Trinidad & Tobago: CHOGM

Janine Mendes-Franco — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:00:37 +0000

KnowTnT.com would like to know what the point of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting actually is: “I am forced to wonder if the CHOGM meeting isn't anything but a group of dinosaurs discussing the tar pits.”