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Caribbean · April, 2020

Stories about Caribbean from April, 2020

Will the Lesser Antillean iguana be saved from extinction?

The species is threatened by green iguanas and humans

Written by Guest Contributor

30 April 2020

Trinidadian Tony Hall, visionary of ‘play and performance’, leaves behind a precious legacy

"Tony always emphasized play and performance as tools for self-emancipation"

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

29 April 2020

Jamaican activists spent Earth Day at home, online

A call to apply lessons from COVID-19 to climate change

Written by Emma Lewis

23 April 2020

Trinidad & Tobago photographers commemorate Earth Day 2020 with online challenge

A social media challenge brings beauty in times of isolation

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

22 April 2020

Life in the time of COVID-19: A Caribbean perspective on isolation

'No man is an island...we need each other'

Written by Atiba Rogers

17 April 2020

Caribbean netizens take to ‘extempo’ music to spread COVID-19 safety messages

This lyrically improvisational form of calypso translates into impactful PSAs

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

17 April 2020

COVID-19 exacerbates inequalities in Trinidad & Tobago's education system

Could 'a more empathetic approach to learning' be implemented?

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

16 April 2020

Stay-at-home orders accompanied by rise in domestic violence in Trinidad & Tobago

"As with any crisis, women remain particularly vulnerable..."

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

10 April 2020

‘Export restrictions’ prevent US ventilators from reaching Barbados — but citizens question tactics

Several countries have accused the US of not playing fair

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

9 April 2020

Will the rejection of Jamaican dancehall star Vybz Kartel's murder appeal make him ‘even more of a martyr'?

Vybz Kartel: Victim? Brilliant lyricist? Dangerous influence?

Written by Emma Lewis

8 April 2020

Caribbean cooking in the time of COVID-19

A Caribbean diaspora blogger on lockdown tries some culinary favourites

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

7 April 2020

April Fool’s Day, COVID-19 and Trinidad and Tobago’s ‘recalcitrant minority’

My brothers and I responded: 'Damn.' We know the historical weight of the term.

Written by Amilcar Sanatan

2 April 2020

Guyana: Timeline of an election impasse

Will GECOM recount the ballots or declare a winner?

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

2 April 2020

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