Stories about Caribbean from April, 2006
Haiti: In the news
Alice Backer rounds up Haiti-related news stories that have caught her attention lately.
Caribbean: What's going on?
“So what else is going on, this fiercely hot Thursday?” writes JT at the Caribbean Beat Weblog. He finds West Indies, the anniversary of the Bay of Pigs, and some soul-searching on the part of Caribbean heads of state.
Caribbean: French creole language
At the Pan Collective, Francine offers an brief treatise on the French creole language.
Guyana: Imaginary roads
Nicholas Laughlin posts the seventh instalment of Imaginary Roads, a series of writings on Guyana.
Trinidad & Tobago: Sounds of burning bush
Caribbean Free Radio posts a short audio clip of the sound of bamboo bursting and other bush fire-related noises.
Trinidad & Tobago: Smelter news
At the Rights Action Group T&T blog, set up to aggregate the dialogue around a controversial aluminium smelter project in southern Trinidad, an article on the non-attendance of a the National Energy Corporation chairman at an important meeting, a discussion of the environmental impact of a smelter on a community...
Trinidad & Tobago: Best football fans?
Does Trinidad & Tobago's World Cup football team have the best fans? Stacy-Marie Ishmael thinks so.
St. Lucia: Crime on the rise
“The murder rate in Saint Lucia has risen again. One young man has been gun downed at about 5.30pm near the Bexon Bus Stand by what seems to be a known assailant,” writes Eliminator in an alarming account of the country's escalating crime rate and the efforts to halt it.
Haiti: Cattle investments
“Rony was forced to bring the cow to market before it was time. Kind of like dumping all of your Apple shares, prior to the IPOD or all of your 3M shares prior to Scotch tape,” writes the Livesay Haiti Weblog from La Digue, in its account of the trials...
Caribbean: The standpipe
At The Pan Collective, Barbadian blogger Titilayo pays tribute to a Caribbean icon: the standpipe.
Barbados: Sugar cane industry
In GS's humble opinion, Barbados's refusal to abandon its sugar industry is a “smart move”.
Barbados: Blood ties and general elections
Reading the Barbados online newspapers in the UK, Neil Benn discovers that his father will be a candidate in the next general election.
Caribbean: The financial realities of the Cricket World Cup
The Caribbean Cricket Blog links to a Jamaica Observer article on one of the realities of the Caribbean's hosting of the Cricket World Cup next year: host countries are unlikely to recoup the massive investments they've been forced to make.
A Seamless Caribbean Network?
InternetRapide.com, a blog dedicated to telecommunications in the Caribbean says (FR) Digicel, a cell phone company owned by Irishman Denis O'Brien that covers 60% of the Jamaican market, celebrates its fifth anniversary this week. The company has expanded to 14 other Caribbean countries since its inception in 2001 and plans...
Barbados, Cuba: The future of Cuba
Barbados Free Press believes that “Castro’s revolution will die with him”.
Caribbean, UK: Amerindian exhibit
At the Caribbean Beat Blog, Tracy Assing posts a short review of the “From the Amazon to the Caribbean” exhibition at the Hornmian Museum in Dulwich, England.
Trinidad & Tobago: Lloyd Best
Visual artist Chris Cozier acknowledges the role played in his personal and intellectual development by Trinidadian thinker Lloyd Best.
Caribbean: Towards a West Indian canon
At the Caribbean Beat Blog, Nicholas Laughlin solicits suggestions for inclusions in a West Indian literary canon.
Guyana: History without mercy
MediaCritic links to a “brutal historical account of Guyana”. An excerpt: “The present-day Republic of Guyana is an insignificant remnant of the old British Empire, the only possession Britain ever held on the mainland of South America, uneasily resting between Venezuela and Brazil and adjoining two other fragments of European...
Bermuda: Whale watching
The Limey links to a series of videos featuring humpback whales off Bermuda's south shore.
Trinidad & Tobago: Why isn't modern technology more prevalent?
Taran Rampersad tries to answer the question: “Why isn't modern technology more prevalent in Trinidad & Tobago.”