Stories about Migration & Immigration from December, 2007
Ecuador: Immigrant Brothers Fall From Scaffold
Un Guayaco en Nueva York [es] asks for prayers for one of the surviving Ecuadoran immigrants that fell from a scaffold used in washing windows of a New York City building. The other brother died due to the injuries.
South Korea: Migrant Worker Trade Union Demonstration
CINA blogs some pictures about the last Sunday demonstration organized by Migrant Worker Trade Union against the government crack down.
Russia: Sakhalin's Expats and Economy
Tim Newman of White Sun of the Desert writes: “Times are changing in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, and proof of this comes in the form of something I have never seen before in the town, and a few people I have spoken to on the subject say the same thing: a large banner...
Turkey: Hrant Dink Named World Press Freedom Hero
Oneworld Multimedia carries news that murdered Turkish-Armenian editor and journalist Hrant Dink has been named as one of its World Press Freedom Heroes by the International Press Institute.
Armenia: Congratulations, Ara
Ara at Martuni or Bust posts that his wife has given birth to a baby boy. Alex Manoogian was born on 10 December 2007 at 2.17am weighing 3.7 kilos and measuring 49 cm. Congratulations, Ara.
Armenia: Civil Rights in the U.S.
Life in the Armenian Diaspora posts details about a documentary film examining the life of an Armenian-American lawyer who devoted his life to defending civil rights activists as well as the members of the Black Panthers. Lori, the blogger, comments on how important it is for ethnic Armenians to concern...
Japan: NOVA Video Story
A youtube video story on the jobless life of foreign teacher after the close down of NOVA – via ying yang report.
Jamaica: Christmas Poem
“It's time; time to wash away the smoke of the year's turmoil, to put aside profits, gains, losses–the familiar ache that brings tears in the bathroom mirror–it’s time”: Geoffrey Philp posts a Christmas poem.
Cuba: Ladies in White for Human Rights
Uncommon Sense links to what he calls “a vastly under-reported story”: a march by the Ladies in White to demand the release of Cuba's “prisoners of conscience”.
Jamaica, Cayman Islands: Sun Block
All Marlon James wanted to do was go to the beach…instead, he finds himself negotiating Caribbean Tourism’s “tricky racial dynamics”.
Armenia: Death and Sex
Armenia, a blog by a 23 year old ethnic Armenian from the Diaspora now living and volunteering in the country, comments on how local culture deals with death and sex.
Jamaica: Conversation with Mervyn Morris
Geoffrey Philp interviews Jamaican writer and professor Mervyn Morris.
Cuba: Apology
Uncommon Sense posts an update on the Cuban church attack: “Archbishop Dionisio García Ibáñez of Santiago de Cuba says…that he had met with Caridad Diego, head of the communist party's religious affairs department, and that apologies had been made.”
Barbados: Crime and Punishment
“Most countries in the Caribbean region have had a long experience of peace with other nations; however, we find that we are increasingly ‘at war’ amongst ourselves”: Living in Barbados examines the reasons behind the region's spiraling crime rate.
India: Economy and Rights
Despite all the buzz around India's growing economy, Arthshastra feels that returning to India requires deeper thought, given the current state of civil liberties. Uber Crazy voices in on the same issue.
Trinidad & Tobago: Black Cake
“Raisins, currants, sultanas, prunes, cherries and mixed peel – the dried fruits that are now happily soaking in rum until it’s time to bake the great Caribbean Christmas cake”: Can Cook, Must Cook gets into the spirit of the season!
Haiti: Reviving Tourism?
Haiti Innovation has a few ideas about how to revive the island's tourism industry.
Guyana: Drive Time
Guyana-Gyal and her mother take a drive around Georgetown.
Cuba: Church Attack
Child of the Revolution, Uncommon Sense, La Primera Generacion and The Cuban Triangle all blog about an incident in which “plainclothes police kicked their way into a Roman Catholic church in Santiago, beat up a group of dissidents attending Mass inside and then took them away.”
China: HIV Test Accused of Discrimination
Josie Liu from China in Transition blogs about the recent criticisms on the HIV test on Chinese citizens returning from overseas.
Cuba, Venezuela: The Right Reaction?
Child of the Revolution presents two opposing scenarios about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's reaction to the defeat of his constitutional referendum.
