Global Voices Online

Janine Mendes-Franco

Regional Editor, Caribbean

Stories

May 13th, 2008

Americas

Haitian blogger kiskeácity notices that “there appears to be yet another calypso anthem to Barack.”

Americas

As an email exchange with the Cuban Ambassador gets heated, Rick Lowe at WeblogBahamas.com says: “I guess my hopes of returning to Cuba are now done.”

Blogging from Puerto Rico, Dondequiera reports that the results from an e-waste recycling drive have been encouraging: “105,629 pounds (52.8 tons) of electronic waste was collected, or as we say in the industry a lot of reasons to go out and buy new computers.”

Americas

As Trinidadian blogger Gillian Goddard faces “a frontal attack from an entrepreneur” intending to start a similar business, she stands firm in the belief that “environmental healing and social justice are two of the largest markers of a truly successful business.”

Americas

“Like politics, maxi travel has a morality of its own”: Ramblings and Reason provides a few tips on surviving travel by “maxi-taxi” in Trinidad and Tobago.

Americas

As the electronic media pool in Bermuda gets smaller, Politics.bm says: “I think it's safe to say that the most visited electronic medium for locals is The Royal Gazette's website. I'm yet to see any Government ads there, which…reinforces what everyone knows but Government can't admit: it's about shutting down non-compliant media.”

Americas

Both Stunner's Afflictions and Montego Bay Day by Day say that temperatures are getting too hot to handle in Jamaica.

May 12th, 2008

Americas

West Indies Cricket Blog reports that “Caribbean novelist George Lamming believes the delayed appointment of Sir Frank Worrell as West Indies captain was one of the most shameful acts in West Indies cricket history.”

Americas

Haitian blogger kiskeácity is moved by former Village Voice writer Gary Dauphin's musings about Haiti and Haitianness and links to his latest piece on the food crisis “through the eyes and stories of various relatives who have traveled from Haiti to the US to attend (a) wedding…”

Americas

Cuban blogger Babalu takes issue with an article in the Trinidad Express that alerts readers to an Obama-Castro meeting, should Obama become president.