Stories about Caribbean from February, 2006
Caribbean: Cricket World Cup in jeopardy?
The West Indies Cricket Blog links to a Guardian article which casts some doubt upon the Caribbean's ability to host the Cricket World Cup in 2007.
Haiti: Too soon to tell
The rumour mill and the international press anticipate a victory by Haitian presidential candidate René Préval, but Charlito News — a blog dedicated to news about presidential candidate Charles Henri Baker — says it's too soon to tell.
Bahamas: Hindered by colonialism
Colonialism still hinders the Bahamas, writes Andrew Allen. “For so long as a royal face is on our money and our Governors General continue to bow on our behalf before an English monarch, then real nationhood . . . will be incomplete.”
St. Lucia, Trindad: The roots of internalized racism
The brutal beating of a black British tourist at the hands of St. Lucian police officers is the catalyst for a rant on the complexities of black-on-black racism by St. Lucia-based Trinidadian blogger Alien in the Caribbean.
Caribbean, South Africa: Legacy and succession
South Africa-based Caribbean blogger Crossing Worlds wonders whether the struggle begun by the architects of the independence movement is safe in the hands of the current generation. “As the US Civil Rights leaders, the black power activists and the liberation leaders begin to die, it seems even more important to...
Trinidad & Tobago: Respect & Carnival
Francomenz adds her two cents’ to the debate about the boundary separating so-called “culture” from respect for private space and property in the context of Trinidad's Carnival.
Guyana: Eulogy for slain journalist
On his personal blog, Indo-Guyanese political party leader Ravi Dev reproduces the eulogy he delivered at the funeral of controversial Afro-Guyanese journalist Ronald Waddell, who was murdered in January.
Haiti: National Anthem heals tension
Baturrico relates (ES) an anecdote from the February 7 general elections in Haiti, where the tension over the long wait in one voting center is defused by the singing of La Dessalinienne, the Haitian national anthem.
SVG, Puerto Rico: Children, schools & parenting
Two interestingly divergent views on children, schools and parenting from Abeni in St. Vincent and Lowatel in Puerto Rico.
Caribbean: Views on the Danish cartoons
The Danish cartoons issue causes Caribbean Free Radio to remember the time she almost became “the Howard Stern of the French Overseas Departments”. And The Limey in Bermuda reports on the results of his “Open Mike” session on the matter.
Bermuda, Cayman: Views on the gay cruise
The Limey examines the local reaction to the landing of 3,200 gay cruise ship passengers in Grand Cayman last week, but cautions the Bermudian writer of a letter to a Cayman news outlet that the Bermudian response in such a case might be even more negative.
Caribbean: Caribbean Single Market ignored
Barbados Free Press notes the striking lack of attention paid to last week's historic ratification of the Caribbean Single Market by the international press.
Jamaica: Happy Birthday, Bob!
Leon reminds us that Bob Marley would have celebrated his 61st birthday yesterday. Happy belated birthday, Bob, from all of us at Global Voices!
Guyana: Journalist's funeral
MediaCritic congratulates Guyana's Stabroek News for telling the unvarnished truth about the funeral of controversial journalist Ronald Waddell.
Barbados: In the news
Titlayo links to two newspaper articles, one reporting that Barbados's fertility rates have fallen to record levels and another identifying the existence of “crytpo-racism” in the country.
Trinidad & Tobago: Smelter woes
“Huge gashes already pockmark the landscape in the La Brea area for another smelter plant that was not discussed with the residents of La Brea,” writes Attillah Springer, reporting on a visit to an area of Trinidad where plans for the building of aluminum smelter are proceeding in spite of...
Trinidad & Tobago: Photos
US-based German photographer Stefan Falke posts a lovely series of photos of various aspects of Trinidad, taken in December 2005 as part of an assignment to do with the Trinidad & Tobago football team's qualification for the World Cup 2006. And Caribbean Free Radio links to a Flickr photoset of...
Haitian Election Countdown: Two Bloggers’ views
Are Haitians Really Safer Leading Up to the Election? Haitian blogger Yon Ayisyen, a French-speaking blogger whose name means “A Haitian”, reports his impressions of the buildup to Tuesday, February 7's presidential elections from the capital city of Port-au-Prince. (Yon Aysien is one of the few Haitians blogging from Haiti.)...
Dominica: Death of a village
ThandieLand laments the “death” of her home village in Dominica, tracing its depopulation to migration (internal and external), especially in the aftermath of 1979's Hurricane David. She compares her village's situation to that of the ancestral community of a Kenyan friend which has been decimated by HIV/AIDS.
St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Reflections
Abeni grapples with some serious moral issues on receiving a letter from a convicted rapist who seems to have plagiarized the lyrics of “Reflections”, the song by controversially imprisoned Jamaican singer Jah Cure.
Trinidad & Tobago: Carnival designer
Nicholas Laughlin reports on a lecture by Carnival designer Peter Minshall, an artist he ranks “in the select company of [C. L. R] James, [V. S] Naipaul, [Derek] Walcott, [Lloyd] Best.”
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