Full Coverage: Caribbean

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?

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.

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.

04/16/2008 Poliisivartija vai luvattoman rajanylityksen suunnittelija? Syytön sivustaseuraaja vai laittoman siirtolaisuuden avustaja? Mikä tahansa tuntuu mahdolliselta, kun suomalaiset seuraavat puskasta kuubalaisten maastamuuttoa.

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.

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.

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.

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."

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.

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."

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.

03/06/2008 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.

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.

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.

02/27/2008 Kansalaisjärjestö arvioi heikolla palkalla ja vaarallisissa töissä Dominikaanisen tasavallan konepajoilla työskentelevien alaikäisten lukumääräksi 60 000.

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.

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.
From: Human Rights Watch

02/19/2008 A display of photographs of the self-governing Maroon community in Jamaica runs at the Docklands Museum until 31 August as part of the museum's recently inaugurated London, Sugar & Slavery gallery.

02/19/2008 As Fidel Castro resigns after 50 years as president and commander in chief of Cuba, leaving power in the hands of his brother Raul, Ed Vulliamy and Andres Schipani look at the Cuban revolutionary's career of constant struggle. This article first appeared in the Observer in January 2007.
+ OneWorld Guide to Cuba

02/18/2008 Addressing infants' and maternal nutrition needs during a child's first two years of life is much more effective, in terms of promoting children's physical and cognitive development, than treating children who are already moderately malnourished, says a study from an international food research institute.