Stories about Trinidad & Tobago from January, 2008
Trinidad & Tobago: Causes of Violence
Caribbean Free Radio links to an article that challenges the “tribe-centric” analysis of the violence in Kenya to make a point about the crime situation in Trinidad and Tobago.
Trinidad & Tobago: Globalisation
Ramblings and Reason is “still trying to figure out the whole globalisaiton thing – what it means and whether it's an overall good or bad thing”.
Caribbean: Obama in Iowa
Senator Barack Obama's astounding success in Iowa - the first of the caucuses that will ultimately result in the victorious nominee from each of the two main political parties going on to contest the 2008 US presidential election - has struck a chord with many Caribbean bloggers. Some think he's the perfect candidate for the next US president, others aren't so sure, but there's no doubt that the Senator for Illinois is giving the Caribbean blogosphere something to talk about...
Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica: “Moving” Film
Caribbean Beat Blog turns the spotlight on Jamaican-born Annmarie Morais’ first feature film.
Trinidad & Tobago: Architectural Vernacular
“Where does the nostalgia for these houses come from? Perhaps it is that these remarkable houses are so representative of our diversity”: My Chutney Garden examines Trinidad and Tobago's architectural vernacular.
Trinidad & Tobago: Where's the Justice?
Jumbie's Watch is confused by Trinidad and Tobago's justice system.
Trinidad & Tobago: Blogging About Books
As Nicholas Laughlin blogs about the books that have impressed him this year, Sharon Millar reviews one that's on his list, saying: “Having talked so much about the Diaspora in the last six months, it's ironic that a book written out of the Spanish Antilles is the one that would...
Trinidad & Tobago: Wish List
“I want the administrators and politicians to stop playing games with the public good…to remember that ‘minister’ is not a synonym for ‘Lord’ but for ‘servant’, and ‘representative’ means that you're not sitting in the House looking into your own interests”: Keith in Trinidad puts forward his wish list for...
Caribbean: 2007 – The Year of Elections
What was potentially the Caribbean post that had the most impact in 2007? Janine Mendes-Franco gives a quick roundup of the big regional stories of the past year.
Trinidad & Tobago: Video Killed The Radio Star
“I’ve never been one for new year’s resolutions, but if there’s one goal I have for 2008 it’s to make peace with online video”: Caribbean Free Radio gets ready to roll camera.
Trinidad & Tobago, St. Lucia: Zipping into the New Year
Now is Wow uses a Rainforest Canopy adventure in St. Lucia as a metaphor for 2008: “A zippy exciting happy natural heightened trusting new year.”
Trinidad in Tobago: An Artistic Year
Thebookmann marks noteworthy moments of the year in art in Trinidad and Tobago.
Trinidad & Tobago: Caribbean Books of 2007
Antilles posts a list of the top Caribbean books of 2007, as decided by the editors of The Caribbean Review of Books.
