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Caribbean · October, 2021

Stories about Caribbean from October, 2021

‘Loss and Damage’ are critical issues for fragile Caribbean states at COP26

Vulnerable developing countries are disproportionately affected by climate change

Written by Emma Lewis

30 October 2021

Brandy Rodriguez, ‘fearless’ advocate for Trinidad and Tobago's LGBTQ+ community, dies

'Her fight for Trans rights and her indomitable spirit will never be forgotten'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

28 October 2021

Chaotic attempt to remove Trinidad & Tobago's president demonstrates how ‘the country was the real loser’

'Party interest supersedes National interest'

Written by Flora Thomas

28 October 2021

Controversial Jamaican pastor dies in car crash on the way to being charged for ‘cult’ deaths

'Is when Jamaicans became so gullible?'

Written by Emma Lewis

26 October 2021

Yasin Abu Bakr, leader of Trinidad & Tobago's attempted Islamist coup, dies 31 years after failed insurrection

'We thought it could never happen here'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

22 October 2021

Key suspect in Haitian president’s assassination held in Jamaica on immigration charges

'Not even the best of the best in Hollywood could script [this]'

Written by Emma Lewis

22 October 2021

‘Self governance is self love': Barbados elects first local head of state on journey to becoming a republic

'[In] the year 2021, decolonization is still a word that has to exist'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

21 October 2021

How Dave Chappelle's new comedy special went over in the Caribbean

'I laughed soo loud..and cringed so hard'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

21 October 2021

On National Heroes Day, Jamaicans at home and abroad pay their respects to ‘son of the soil,’ General Colin Powell

'He had some tough moments around our wars, but was a fundamentally good and decent man'

Written by Emma Lewis

19 October 2021

The death of a reputed gangster exposes fault lines in Jamaican society

'How did a decent Christian young man evolve into ‘Dog Paw’?'

Written by Emma Lewis

17 October 2021

Peter Telfer, the Trinidadian percussionist who made African drumming a church staple, goes to his Creator

'Peter's mission was clear and he never relented; is he fault we could do de ting now'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

15 October 2021

Could Miami show Trinidad and Tobago how to safely pull off Carnival in a pandemic?

'Hoping that it wasn’t a super spreader'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

14 October 2021

Jamaica forced to dump 55,000 doses as COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy persists

Only about 10 per cent of Jamaica's population is fully vaccinated

Written by Emma Lewis

8 October 2021

Flower power: Rapper Trinidad James irritates compatriots with sneaker brand misnomer

'Keep we name out allyuh mouth [if] y’all gonna keep dragging the flag'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

6 October 2021

Hope amid scarcity and fear: Cuba after July’s historic protests

Cubans still do not know what happened to arrested protestors

Written by Luis Rodriguez

Translated by Stephanie Crane

5 October 2021

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