Stories about Migration & Immigration from November, 2010
Cuba: The Remaining 13
“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: Supporting the CRB
Regional litbloggers are encouraging one another to support The Caribbean Review of Books’ year-end donation drive.
Jamaica: Chevannes Passes Away
Jamaican bloggers pay tribute to the late Professor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies, Barry Chevannes.
Caribbean: Light Over Darkness
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...
Trinidad & Tobago: New Literary Festival & Award
Regional litbloggers are thrilled to learn about a new literary festival – and prize for Caribbean literature – “organised and judged by Caribbean people, of genuinely international scope.”
Trinidad & Tobago: Being Gay
Seldo.com writes a moving letter to gay teens in Trinidad and Tobago with the message that “it gets better”.
Bangladesh: Our Own Obama
“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
“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?
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.
Turkey, Poland: Polonezköy
Raf Uzar writes about the history of Polonezköy, Istanbul's “‘Polish-themed’ village.”
Bulgaria: Reactions to Dilma Rousseff's Victory in Brazil
Brazil's President-elect Dilma Rousseff has been the subject of many conversations in Bulgaria, due to her Bulgarian roots. Ruslan Trad translates some of the online reactions.
Barbados: All Talk, No Action?
Diaspora blogger Jdid says his piece about the “lack of action we see in Barbados following disasters.”
Cuba: Mother Harassed; Prionsers to be Released?
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.”