Full Coverage: Caribbean
06/23/2008
Privatization, free trade, and market forces...the rich world insists poor states play by our rules. But they don't work. Time to let countries determine their own destinies, asks Duncan Green.
Read moreFrom: New Statesman Related: [Botswana] [Haiti] [Poverty] [Democracy] [Geopolitics] [Governance] |
06/14/2008
Nearly 3,000 Americans have signed a petition by an international aid group urging the G-8 finance ministers, meeting this weekend, to cancel Haiti's "illegitimate" billion dollar debt as Haitians struggle to endure sky-rocketing prices of food and fuel.
Read moreFrom: Jubilee USA Network Related: [Haiti] [Aid] [Emergency Relief] [Food] |
06/09/2008
Single mother Judith Alexandre and other Haitian families are hard hit by raised food prices, but an international relief organization is working diligently to provide for those who have no other option but to skip meals.
Read moreFrom: Oxfam America Related: [Haiti] [Aid] [Food] [Poverty] [Trade] |
05/13/2008
Historically, the Cuban revolution was "a success," writes scholar Saul Landau. But can Cuba today overcome the economic hardships -- and the resulting social changes -- the country endured after the collapse of the Soviet Union?
Read moreFrom: Institute for Policy Studies Related: [Cuba] |
05/05/2008
Peasants' and other grassroots organizations are promoting change in Haiti, write two agricultural activists who paid a visit to the Caribbean island, where they found food scarcity, environmental damage, and general insecurity are widespread.
Read moreFrom: Grassroots International Related: [Haiti] |
05/01/2008
The Haitian government and the international community contributed significantly to the dire situation that sparked the early April food riots in the Caribbean nation, writes anthropologist Mark Schuller.
Read moreFrom: Americas Policy Program Related: [Haiti] |
04/16/2008
Poliisivartija vai luvattoman rajanylityksen suunnittelija? Syytön sivustaseuraaja vai laittoman siirtolaisuuden avustaja? Mikä tahansa tuntuu mahdolliselta, kun suomalaiset seuraavat puskasta kuubalaisten maastamuuttoa.
Read moreFrom: Voima Kustannus Oy Related: [Cuba] [Migration] Image: © Radio Netherlands
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04/07/2008
Toimittaja ja kirjailija Leonardo Padura Fuentesin mielestä kännyköiden salliminen Kuubassa tarkoittaa muutakin kuin teknistä edistymistä. Kyse on myös vapauden edistymisestä kieltojen ja valvontajärjestelmien rajoittamassa maassa.
Read moreFrom: Suomen IPS Related: [Cuba] [Intermediate Technology] [ICT] |
04/03/2008
The 35th anniversary celebration of a Haiti's largest and oldest peasant movement demonstrates the organization's ability to empower rural people and the vitality of grassroots democracy in this Caribbean nation, writes Nikhil Aziz.
Read moreFrom: Grassroots International Related: [Haiti] |
04/02/2008
The Jamaican authorities are wilfully neglecting the poorest communities by failing to tackle inner-city violence, says a new Amnesty report that spotlights abusive policing methods that lead to hundreds of fatal shootings and extrajudicial executions.
Read moreFrom: Amnesty International - International Secretariat Related: [Jamaica] |
04/01/2008
Several trips and countless exchanges with Jamaicans battling HIV/AIDS inspired poet and writer Kwame Dawes to pen these "anthems of hope and alarms of warning."
Read moreFrom: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Related: [Jamaica] |
03/27/2008
Viisivuotiaan pojan yksinhuoltajaäiti Sonita Balkaran hankkii elantonsa myymällä vaatteita torilla Guyanan pääkaupungissa Georgetownissa. Huoli toimeentulosta ahdistaa, sillä Balkaran laskee ostovoimansa romahtaneen puoleen viime vuotisesta.
Read moreFrom: Suomen IPS Related: [Agriculture] [Poverty] |
03/21/2008
Although Sorybel struggled to open a small coffee shop in the Dominican Republic, her marketing studies at a local university and a microfinance loan have empowered her to state with confidence, "I know I will do great things someday."
Read moreFrom: ACCION International Related: [Dominican Republic] |
03/10/2008
Upon Fidel Castro's retirement, U.S. media repeatedly resorted to inaccurate stereotypes of the ex-President and his brother, Raul, to characterize the former as an "irrational" leader while idealizing capitalism and ignoring U.S. aggression towards the island nation, writes Aviva Chomsky.
Read moreFrom: North American Congress on Latin America Related: [United States] [Cuba] Image: Fidel Castro. © Radio Netherlands
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03/07/2008
A policymaker who advocates population and gender issues, Dame Billie Antoinette Miller of Barbados, and a New York-based NGO that helps save women’s lives in developing countries have won this year’s United Nations Population Award.
Read moreRelated: [Barbados] [United States] [Population] [United Nations] |
03/06/2008
Yhdysvaltain Kuuban-taloussaarto on noussut puheeksi Yhdysvaltain presidentinvaalien esikamppailussa. Fidel Castro vei äskettäin maailman huomion ilmoittamalla erostaan. Kuuba muuttuu, ja monet länsilehdet ovat jo vaatineet Yhdysvaltoja muuttamaan Kuuban-politiikkaansa, mutta muutokset tapahtunevat parhaimmillaankin hitaasti.
Read moreFrom: Maailman Sivu ry Related: [Cuba] [United States] [Economy] [Trade] Image: © Radio Netherlands
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02/28/2008
The United States should follow the example set by other nations around the world and normalize relations with Cuba, "a country that continues to expand its influence as a leader in public health in developing nations," writes JoJo Farrell.
Read moreFrom: Global Exchange Related: [Cuba] [United States] |
02/27/2008
Kansalaisjärjestö arvioi heikolla palkalla ja vaarallisissa töissä Dominikaanisen tasavallan konepajoilla työskentelevien alaikäisten lukumääräksi 60 000.
Read moreFrom: UnMundo América Latina Related: [Dominican Republic] [Children] Image: © SASK/Kent Wilska
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02/22/2008
Human Rights Watchin mukaan kauppasaarto on antanut Kuuban hallinnolle tekosyyn ihmisoikeusloukkauksiin ja sananvapauden rajoittamiseen. Järjestön mielestä vallanvaihto Kuubassa tarjoaa Kuuballe tilaisuuden uudistaa lainsäädäntöään ja Yhdysvalloille tilaisuuden luopua kauppasaarrosta.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [United States] [Cuba] [Trade] [Human Rights] Image: Kauppasaartoa vastustava banderolli Kuubassa.
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02/21/2008
Fidel Castro recently concluded his near 50-year reign, but "Cuba's abusive legal and institutional mechanisms continue to deprive Cubans of their basic rights," says an international human rights watchdog, noting that the U.S. embargo continues to serve as an 'excuse' for the island nation's dismal rights situation.
Read moreFrom: Human Rights Watch Related: [Cuba] Image: Former Cuban President, Fidel Castro. © Radio Netherlands
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