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Some Caribbean podcasts to tune into on International Podcast Day

Written by Emma Lewis

30 September 2024

Five years later: Hurricane Dorian’s indelible mark

Written by Guest Contributor

16 July 2024

As Haiti's president prepares to step down, will CARICOM's new plan help his country?

Written by Emma Lewis

13 March 2024

The Caribbean Community marks its golden jubilee with a promise of free movement for regional nationals

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

11 July 2023

Stories about Bahamas

The Caribbean watches with interest as one SpaceX rocket lands in The Bahamas and another explodes

Regional social media users might well be waiting for the other booster to drop

Written by Flora Thomas

5 days ago

Americans voted and the Caribbean has reacted

Diplomacy, celebration and outrage in the wake of Donald Trump's convincing win in the US elections

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

7 November 2024

As Jamaica braces for a direct hit, relief efforts have begun for islands shattered by Hurricane Beryl

'Sea level rise represents a clear human influence on the damage potential from a given hurricane'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

3 July 2024

COP28 delivers ‘death certificate’ for island nations

'The new text does not do enough to keep our islands above water'

Written by Dizzanne Billy

11 December 2023

The year in review: What the Caribbean looked like in 2022

A recap of what captured the attention of the regional blogosphere this year

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

29 December 2022

How is the Caribbean faring on International Anti-Corruption Day?

'Accountability [is] the master key to change'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

9 December 2022

‘Global South’ countries declare COP27 a case of climate inaction

'[A]nything less than a COP that secures L&D funding will be a betrayal...'

Written by Dizzanne Billy

17 November 2022

Antigua & Barbuda is the latest Caribbean country where ‘anti-buggery’ laws have been deemed ‘unconstitutional’

Activists hope other regional territories will repeal similar laws

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

13 July 2022

The overturning of Roe vs. Wade unsettles the Caribbean, most of which doesn't have progressive abortion laws

'In many CARICOM countries, abortion is not an option ...'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

26 June 2022

Incumbent Commonwealth secretary-general fires a shot across the bow of a rival Caribbean candidate, and the region is taking note

'Smug! As if the position is [...] preordained order of succession!'

Written by Emma Lewis

30 April 2022

What Earth Day means to the Global Voices Caribbean team

'Go out and experience the wonders of nature for yourself'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco, Emma Lewis, Skye Hernandez, Tabatha Auguste, Zico Cozier

23 April 2022

‘Seh Yu Sorry!’ Royal visit to Jamaica sparks protests and calls for slavery reparations

While expressing regret, Prince William stopped short of an apology

Written by Emma Lewis

24 March 2022

Bahamian-American actor Sidney Poitier, whose representation of Black people in film helped change racist perceptions, dies at 94

'This gentleman knew how to walk tall'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

8 January 2022

St Lucia announces it will host a ‘vaxxed’ Carnival in 2022, but is it realistic?

Economic strategy, support for the creative sector, or vaccination tactic?

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

13 December 2021

World Oceans Day: The Caribbean Sea faces dual threat of climate change and overfishing

The matters stressing out the Caribbean Sea are all connected

Written by Emma Lewis

8 June 2021

Caribbean denounces Trump’s decision to put Cuba back on terrorism list; hopes for a reversal with Biden

'Cuba’s international conduct does not in any way warrant that designation'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

20 January 2021

The Caribbean's case for reparations: Part III

COVID-19 has revealed 'horrendous legacies' of inequity

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

19 October 2020

The Caribbean's case for reparations: Part II

Reparatory justice: 'The greatest political movement of the 21st century'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

15 October 2020

The Caribbean's case for reparations: Part I

Refusal of reparations denies 'the criminal nature of colonial crimes'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

12 October 2020

Amid Black Lives Matter protests, fresh calls to remove statuary that hijacks the Caribbean's historical narrative

"Time for these monuments to meet the sledgehammer of justice"

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

11 June 2020

Is the Caribbean winning the fight against COVID-19?

It's an uncertain picture; Part 1 of 2

Written by Emma Lewis

3 June 2020

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