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Cuba: Oh joy!

Skye Hernandez — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:15:41 +0000

Cuban blogger Ninety miles away….in another country and Why does the glass have to be half empty or half full?, from Trinidad, both find good reasons to delight in their world.

Trinidad & Tobago: Through the Mill

Skye Hernandez — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:16:12 +0000

Four Fingers and a Thumb 2.0 shares a bird's eye view of an area in Trinidad where a steel mill is to be built and which, she says, has become the “epicenter of environmental protest” on the island.

Trinidad & Tobago: Silence that Kills

Skye Hernandez — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:19:21 +0000

Four Fingers and a Thumb 2.0 speaks out against political tyranny and the passivity that allows it to continue. “A dictator in the world,” she says, “is like the abusive father in the community that no-one wants to report.”

Trinidad & Tobago: Poetic Port of Spain

Skye Hernandez — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:25:50 +0000

Trinidadian blogger Sweetlime dips into the newly published Echo of Basho. He discovers that even though haiku and Port of Spain are as distinct as “oil and water”, authors Alec de Verteuil and Dawn Glashier have melded them beautifully.

Jamaica: Kingston On The Edge

Skye Hernandez — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:34:28 +0000

From Jamaica, Active Voice reviews KOTE (Kingston On The Edge), a visual arts festival, where she says “For a brief moment in time we were treated to the kind of vibrant effervescent atmosphere we ought legitimately to expect from a well-connected and functioning art scene.”

Trinidad & Tobago: Glass Towers

Skye Hernandez — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:50:27 +0000

A Trinidadian blogger fears that what sets the island apart is being lost among the tall buildings going up in Port of Spain. Why does the glass have to be half empty or half full? asks why do “we deny our people the right to our waterfront? Where is the boardwalk and the local restaurants?”

Trinidad & Tobago: Soca Sweet No More

Skye Hernandez — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:50:31 +0000

A loud party in the neighbourhood forces Why does the glass have to be either half empty or half full? to think about her favourite types of music. As the blaring continues, she remembers why her native Trinidadian soca is not at the top of her list.

Trinidad & Tobago: Praise Song

Skye Hernandez — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:37:19 +0000

Four Fingers and a Thumb 2.0 is stirred by a hymn being played by a steelband, reminding her of the “magically bizarre wonderful place” that is Trinidad.

Barbados: Caribbean Football Falters

Skye Hernandez — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:18:15 +0000

Living in Barbados comments on the fortunes of regional football teams, as qualification matches begin for World Cup 2010.

Trinidad & Tobago: Wildlife in Peril

Skye Hernandez — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:57:22 +0000

The re-introduction of the Blue and Gold Macaw to Trinidad's Nariva Swamp some years ago was a triumph for environmentalists. Why does the glass have to be half empty or half full? is outraged at the news that the successful breeding programme has been endangered by poachers.

Trinidad & Tobago: Watching (out for) Whales

Skye Hernandez — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:42:57 +0000

Life from a caffeine hyped point of view takes issue with some of the justifications being made for the resumption of commercial whaling—and recalls the day she found herself “holding a whale” off the southeastern coast of Trinidad.

Trinidad & Tobago: Life and Death

Janine Mendes-Franco — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:18:13 +0000

Notes from Port of Spain shares his thoughts on death.

Trinidad & Tobago: Land Ownership

Janine Mendes-Franco — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:05:08 +0000

KnowProSE.com is preparing for his new agricultural venture and blogs about a particularly mind-boggling encounter: “This is land ownership in Trinidad and Tobago. The police can't be involved in trespass of this sort because it revolves around ‘Civil Law'. There isn't much civil about it, I suppose.”

Trinidad & Tobago: Pot Hounds

Janine Mendes-Franco — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:02:48 +0000

Andre Bagoo posts a flickr photoset of street dogs, saying: “‘Pot hounds’ and the environments they inhabit are the perfect symbols for life in Trinidad and Tobago today.”

Trinidad & Tobago, Haiti: Small Shoes

Janine Mendes-Franco — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:51:29 +0000

Trinidad and Tobago-based artist Chris Cozier posts a photo of a child's shoes taken on his last trip to Haiti: “Something about the way that the shoes had become so worn out struck me. They looked like islands in the sea but also like the two countries that make one island facing off.”