· November, 2010

Stories about Migration & Immigration from November, 2010

Cuba: The Remaining 13

  8 November 2010

“No individual Cuban not named Orlando Zapata Tamayo is more responsible for the release this year of 39 Cuban prisoners of conscience than Guillermo Farinas”: Uncommon Sense reports that the hunger striker will re-start his protest if Cuba does not release all the political prisoners as promised.

Caribbean: Light Over Darkness

  5 November 2010

Today is the Hindu Festival of Lights – and while Barbados Free Press wishes everyone a “Subh Divali”, Trinidad diaspora blogger Jumbie's Watch is concerned about “problems with the hazards caused by fireworks” and Globewriter, in the context of LGBT rights, says: “Divali…is the Hindu celebration of light over darkness...

Bangladesh: Our Own Obama

  4 November 2010

“He has surprising similarity with an ordinary Bangladeshi man in the street, no one can absolutely make any mistake about his Bnagladeshi root by looking at him,” comments Rumi at Unheard Voice on the first Bangladeshi-descent congressman elect Hansen Hashem Clarke.

Haiti: The Beauty of Haitian Art

  4 November 2010

“Sometimes I feel like I focus too much on the negative in my posts, giving the false impression that nothing good is happening in the world of Haitian culture…”: Tande trains the spotlight on the positive.

Caribbean: Relief Must Have Benefits?

  4 November 2010

Caribbean bloggers are offended by the Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister's statements about hurricane relief to hard-hit CARICOM countries; The Undisputed Truth says the backlash has begun.

Cuba: Mother Harassed; Prionsers to be Released?

  1 November 2010

Uncommon Sense reposts reports of alleged state harassment of the mother of the late dissident hunger striker Orlando Zapata Tamayo; in a separate post, he comments on the Cuban Catholic Church's announcement about the imminent release of the remaining 13 political prisoners “in jail since the ‘black spring’ of 2003.”