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Haiti's national police guard removed makeshift barricades made of steel fences and tree branches protesters placed to block the National Palace entrance. Image by Matiado Vilme from Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain). In August last year, the Kenyan government announced its interest in sending about 1,500 police troops to Haiti to lead international security efforts to curb gang violence. This was in response to the Haitian government's appeal for help, which was supported by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the United States. Meanwhile, major international governments including the U...
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Windrush Generation Arrived From 1948 — City of Westminster Green Plaque at Paddington Station. Photo by Spudgun67 via Wikimedia Commons(CC BY-SA 4.0). June 22 is Windrush Day in the United Kingdom, and it marks the contributions of hundreds of Black Caribbean economic migrants who began arriving on the HMT Empire Windrush in 1948. Those contributions, however, were rife with struggle. West Indians who came to the “mother country” were met with less than a warm welcome, not simply from the weather, but from white Brits who opposed this budding multiracial society. Despite promises of economic ...
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A representative of Belize’s Blue Bonds and Finance Permanence Unit interact with members of the public during an outreach initiative. Photo by Belize’s Blue Bonds and Finance Permanence Unit, courtesy Cari-Bois Environmental News Network, used with permission. By Carolee Chanona This story was first published on the Cari-Bois Environmental News Network. An edited version appears below as part of a content-sharing agreement. Resilience can be defined interchangeably with the word elasticity, considering it’s the capacity to withstand or recover quickly from challenges — but when it comes to on...
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Destination: Unknown. The Russian nuclear-powered submarine K-561 Kazan is still navigating the Caribbean Sea after it slipped into Havana harbour moorings. The Yasen-class cruise missile underwater vessel is part of a naval group composed of the Frigate Gorshkov, carrying the hypersonic anti-ship missile Zircon, a tug and an auxiliary tanker ship. According to Western military sources, the Saint-Andrew bannered ships could be cruising to Venezuela, another Russian-leaning country in the Americas. Since the start of its travel in the Atlantic Ocean, the Russian naval group has been closely mon...
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Screenshot of Canadian vlogger Christopher Hughes (yellow hat) in Trinidad, May 2024, taken from the video entitled ‘Port of Spain Peace Walk: ‘A Mother's Cry’ Demands End to Gang Violence’ on the Chris Must List YouTube channel. Self-described “world traveller” Christopher Hughes, a Canadian vlogger who goes by the moniker “Chris Must List,” the name of his YouTube channel, is known for visiting “no-go zones” in various countries, most of them in the developing world (and of those, many in the Caribbean). His most recent stop was the twin-island republic of Trinidad and Tobago where, in mid-M...
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Panellists at the SIDS4 side event ‘Financing a Just Transition from Fossil Fuels: Charting the Path for Small Island Developing States.’ Photo by Dylan Kava courtesy Climate Tracker, used with permission. This article was first published on Climate Tracker. An edited version appears below with permission. The Caribbean twin-island nation of Antigua and Barbuda is currently hosting the once-a-decade 4th International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4), a global event dedicated to addressing the unique vulnerabilities and challenges of these nations. The conference aims to fos...
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Feature image designed using Canva Pro elements. By Matt Bishop, Tumasie Blair, Simona Marinescu, and Emily Wilkinson On May 27, the governments of the small island developing states known collectively as SIDS and their international partners will meet in Antigua and Barbuda. The goal of the meeting is to agree on the fourth decennial UN programme of action dedicated to their “special case for sustainable development,” under the tagline “charting the course toward resilient prosperity.” Known as “SIDS4” to insiders, the summit communiqué will agree on a framework for the Antigua and Barbuda Ag...
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A Hawksbill hatchling on Almond Beach, September 9, 2023. Photo by News Room Inc., courtesy Climate Tracker, used with permission. By Vishani Ragobeer This story was originally published by NewsRoom and recently won the award for Best Climate Justice Story in Climate Tracker's inaugural Caribbean Climate Justice Journalism Awards. A version of the story is published below with permission. The Indigenous community of Almond Beach is one of 10 beaches along the 75-mile-long Shell Beach Protected Area in Barima-Waini, located in Guyana's Region One. Every year, you can find four endangered specie...
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Different types of teas enjoyed in Jamaica. Photo by Emma Lewis, used with permission. Tea is a significant part of Jamaican culture — and not just because its former colonisers are known to drink a great deal of it. Yes, it quenches thirst on hot days. Yes, it is “good fi yuh,” but it also connects Jamaicans with their ancestors. “Bush tea,” herbal tea that is drunk for health reasons, but also enjoyed by many, is embedded in Jamaican tradition and history, including its African heritage. “Bush” means countryside, and the drinking of bush tea remains very much the norm in rural areas. It is a...
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Feature image via Canva Pro. By Neil Marks This story was originally published by NewsRoom and recently won the award for Best Climate Justice Story in Climate Tracker's inaugural Caribbean Climate Justice Journalism Awards. A version of the story is published below with permission. After years of campaigning by Guyana and other forest-rich nations, there is finally a mechanism to value the carbon dioxide stored in trees and to pay countries which have kept their forests standing. Guyana is the first country to benefit and is set to receive hundreds of millions of United States dollars. But so...
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