Latest posts by Janine Mendes-Franco from June, 2011
Trinidad and Tobago: Cruz de Mayo
Guanaguanare blogs about this year's Cruz de Mayo celebrations in Trinidad.
Cuba: To Reach Havana
“Havana is a sort of forbidden city for people from deep inside Cuba”: Iván's File Cabinet blogs about Cubans who are unwelcome in their own capital city.
Trinidad & Tobago: Preferred Smartphone Platforms
Triniberry provides “a snapshot of what the current mobile internet user base looks like right now in terms of device preference.”
Cuba: Cervantes Continues Strike
“Protest by suicide is never an acceptable option,” says Uncommon Sense as he blogs about the failing health of a hunger striker, “but it is important to remember that Cervantes...
Trinidad & Tobago: A Lawsuit Too Late?
When it comes to the lawsuit filed by the Central Bank against top CL Financial directors, Afra Raymond is “doubtful of the choice of targets in the apparent attempt to...
Barbados: Environmental Sham
As the Environmental Protection Department celebrates its 40th anniversary, Barbados Free Press asks “why Barbados has no Environmental Protection Act.”
Cuba: Guidelines on Rights
Despite new party guidelines on the rights of Cubans, Laritza's Laws says: “Although it touched on but did not recognize the theme of human rights, the reforms were not significant.”
Bermuda: Corruption Allegations
Bermudian bloggers weigh in on corruption allegations that were made recently in the Bermuda Supreme Court.
Trinidad & Tobago: Violence & Healing
“Even the gentle souls here brush up against the face of violence. And some of us carry our scars outside but there are many more of us carrying our scars...
Bahamas: Transformation of Nassau
Bahama Pundit‘s Larry Smith blogs about “three interesting environmental projects..that could have a big impact on our landscapes and lifestyles – at the eastern, western and southern extremities of Nassau.”
Jamaica: The “Coke” Commission's Findings
Girl With a Purpose posts a summary of the long-awaited Manatt/Coke Commission of Enquiry's findings, saying that the report “failed to impress”.
Cuba: Worry About Hunger Striker
“The regime cracked down on him once against after he assumed the posture of NOT ceasing his anti-government activities”: Pedazos de La Isla blogs about the hunger striker Jorge Cervantes...
Cuba: Actress Recognized
Havana Times reports that “Cuba’s coveted National Cinema Award for 2011 was received by actress Eslinda Nuñez.”
Trinidad & Tobago: Planning for an iPhone 4?
“There is no mention of local access to iTunes or the app store and no mention of trinidad or bmobile on the apple website”: TECHTT has the details on the...
Jamaica: “Dudus” Commission Report goes to Parliament
As the Manatt/Coke Commission of Enquiry Report goes to the Jamaican Parliament today, Girl With a Purpose is curious to see “if the report puts him [the Prime Minister] and...
Cuba: Confronting Fate
“Death always makes you reflect. In front of the mirror you tell yourself, “You too are at the mercy of the same power that took the lives of those dissidents....
U.S.V.I.: Thinking About Transfer Day
“On March 31st of 2017, the territory will have been an American possession for exactly one century”: A Nation or Nobody suggests that as the U.S. Virgin Islands approaches this...
Trinidad & Tobago: The Imagine Cup
TECHTT is “happy to see that Trinidad will have a representative team at Imagine Cup 2011…a student technology competition organised by Microsoft.”
Cuba: Farinas Ends Hunger Strike
Uncommon Sense confirms that Guilllermo Farinas has ended his hunger strike, which he began “to demand an independent investigation of the police beating death last month of dissident Juan Wilfredo...
Haiti: Reconstruction Issues
Haiti Grassroots Watch writes a series of posts about the country's reconstruction efforts, here and here.
Cuba: Finding Strength For Fariñas
“I have no desire to write. I scold myself. Since I learned that Coco Fariñas is on a hunger strike I have been floating above the city”: Octavo Cerco has...
