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U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during his meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani during the U.N. General Assembly in New York, US, September 21, 2017

Caribbean divided on recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel

By News & Current Affairs

BRIDGETOWN – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries were divided Thursday on whether or not to support the decision by the United States to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. More than 100 members of the United Nations backed a non-binding resolution that called on President Donald Trump to reverse his decision to recognise Jerusalem even as Washington threatened it would not forget countries that support the resolution that read in…

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Grenada's Maurice Bishop (C) with Daniel Ortega from Nicaragua and Cuba's Fidel Castro

The Russian Revolution and the Caribbean

By Editors' Choice

By Earl Bousquet — The Russian Revolution did get support from the Caribbean, then called the “West Indies,” when it shook the world in 1917. History records that Marcus Mosiah Garvey, the Jamaican who led the largest organization of Black people in the Western hemisphere ever, quickly dispatched a letter from the United Negro Improvement Association, on behalf of its millions of members in the United States, the Caribbean and…

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Locals await relief outside of Utuado, Puerto Rico, in early October (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Eric D. Woodall)

Decolonize the Caribbean

By Commentaries/Opinions

By Angel “Monxo” López Santiago — Maria and Irma, 2017’s two most destructive hurricanes in the Caribbean basin, have exposed the trappings and inequalities of colonialism in the region. The hurricanes have blown away decades of legal and international maneuvers and ruses, local constitutions, and moves towards autonomy and integration and administrative reclassifications—leaving exposed a simple colonial truth. Such reclassifications have deemed these islands everything from overseas territories (such as…

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Successive generations of Rastafarian families across the Caribbean have over decades upheld and defended the notions and principles underlying today’s demands for Reparations and Repatriation. | Photo: Earl Bousquet

Will the Caribbean Go the Full Distance for Reparations From a Europe Still United in Denial?

By Commentaries/Opinions, Reparations

By: Earl Bousquet — Will Caricom, now leading the global quest for Reparations for Slavery and Native Genocide, achieve the task of pursuing Reparatory Justice from Europe? Fifteen Caribbean Community, Caricom, governments are being strongly advised to get ready for the long haul in their continuing quest for Reparations for Slavery and Native Genocide from Britain, France, Spain and other European Union, EU, member-states.

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Sir Hilary Beckles (third from left) said “the colonial mess left behind... has overwhelmed the efforts... to achieve sustainable economic development”. Photo: Earl Bousquet

Who Best to Clean up the Colonial Mess in the Caribbean?

By Reparations

By Earl Bousquet — The global movement for Reparations for Slavery and Native Genocide from Europe and North America gathered in Jamaica between Oct. 10 and 12 for a series of activities that have given much traction to the tri-continental movement. In part two of this special series, Caribbean journalist Earl Bousquet examines onging efforts to “clean up the colonial mess.”

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Residents of St. Croix make their way around and under obstacles blocking a main road nearly a week after Hurricane Maria raked the US Virgin Islands.

The 2017 Hurricanes Didn’t Just Hit Puerto Rico — They Hit the Caribbean

By Commentaries/Opinions

Puerto Rico is getting the coverage it deserves, but an entire region has been upended by natural disasters this hurricane season. By Gabriela Thorne — When Hurricane Irma swept through the Caribbean in early September, the focus was not the damage wrought on the islands but on the fact that it would soon hit Florida. Then came Jose. Then came Maria. In the span a few of weeks, the Caribbean was devastated by three hurricanes…

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