Stories about Caribbean from August, 2018
A path to independence paved with marijuana

"Trinidad and Tobago is well positioned to harness the immense technical capacity and infrastructure of this oil and gas producing nation to become a leader in a CARICOM-wide cannabis industry."
Anatomy of a Trinidad earthquake

"I was silenced, diminished and at the same time in total awe. This was nature and I understood myself to be at the very heart of it."
His world was what it was: the enigma of V.S. Naipaul

"There are books of Naipaul’s I hope never to read again, and books of his without which I can’t understand the world I was born into."
For Cuba's transnational families, a little internet goes a long way

To understand the changing dynamics of the many Cuban families with members living abroad, spend some time in the country's public wifi parks.
In the Caribbean's carnival capital, a Pride parade makes its debut

"What really upsets religious leaders is the fact that there are gay people in this country and we are not ashamed."