Stories about Citizen Media from October, 2007
St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Busybody PM?
Caribbean Lionesse wonders why St. Vincent and the Grenadines prime minister Ralph Gonsalves is so involved in the domestic politics of other Caribbean states. Is he a regional diplomat or just a busybody?
Bahamas, Myanmar: Remembering Burma Road
At Bahama Pundit, Larry Smith muses over the parallels between the Burma Road Riots of 1942 and recent events in Myanmar.
Trinidad and Tobago: Not voting
With elections coming up in Trinidad and Tobago, Jeremy Taylor wonders why nobody talks about the right not to vote.
Jamaica: Images of Montego Bay market
Montego Bay Day by Day offers a glimpse at everyday life in Jamaica's second city, with photos from the Montego Bay market.
Trinidad and Tobago: Campaign-watching
It's election campaign time in Trinidad and Tobago. Guest-blogging at Izatrini, Manicou reports on the weekend's big political rallies.
Jamaica: Talking to Imani
Jamaican writer Geoffrey Philp interviews litblogger Imani.
Cuba: Che, forty years later
October 9 is the fortieth anniversary of Che Guevara's death. HCV Analysis posts a short biographical video on the Cuban hero.
Barbados: “Oedipal complainers”?
Barbados Free Press comments on an op-ed piece written by Barbados's commissioner for Pan-African affairs, who suggests that Barbadians are “Oedipal complainers”.
Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago: Naming places
Trinidadians seem comfortable naming places after living heroes, says Moving Back to Jamaica, but Jamaicans seem to prefer their heroes safely dead — why?
Bahamas: Death of the neighbourhood
“The neighbourhood — that locale which is a citizen's larger home … is dying in Nassau,” writes Nicolette Bethel at Bahama Pundit, as she urges a rethinking of urban planning policy in the Bahamas.
Bermuda: At the Music Festival
The Devil Island reports on the highlights of the Bermuda Music Festival, celebrity encounters included.
Brazilian “Elite Squad” Provokes Police, Pirates, Pundits and Promotion
“Elite Squad”, a much-hyped film about Rio's special forces police is having its official launch today in Rio and São Paulo, and the nationwide premiere is scheduled for Oct. 12. The peculiar thing about this release is that an estimated crowd of 3.5 million people have already seen it before...
Guyana: Newspapers online
Guyana Providence Stadium compares the websites of the three daily Guyanese newspapers and finds the government-owned paper lacking in savvy.
Barbados: Visiting the Concorde
Notes from the Margin reports on a visit to the decommissioned Concorde supersonic jet preserved at the Barbados airport (there were once weekly Concorde flights between London and Barbados).
St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Petroglyphs threatened
And Still I Rise is astounded by news that ancient Carib rock carvings may be destroyed in the construction of the new international airport in St. Vincent.
Barbados: Email snooping?
Is the Barbados government reading citizens’ emails looking for evidence of opposition? Barbados Free Press thinks so.
UK, Caribbean: Cuisine questions
Why isn't Caribbean food more popular in the UK, wonders Can Cook, Must Cook. She responds to online commentary.
Cayman Islands, Jamaica: Citizen of the air?
News of a Jamaican woman who gave birth on a Cayman Airways flight prompts The Mad Bull to wonder: what country will the baby be a citizen of?
Trinidad and Tobago: Airport musings
Waiting at the airport in Trinidad for a flight to Suriname, Taran Rampersad falls into a conversation about technology, Caribbean regionalism, and food.
Bermuda: New property law
Christian S. Dunleavy comments on proposed legislation which would change property law in Bermuda. “There is a fundamental principle here of how much you want the Government in your life and your wallet.”
Barbados, St. Lucia, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago: Year of elections
2007 has been a great year for politics junkies in the Caribbean, says Caribbean Lionesse, with elections in St. Lucia, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and probably Barbados. She offers a concise analysis.