Happenings (January/February 2010)
Madness everywhere: T&T mas There’s something for everyone in the weeks leading up to Trinidad and Tobago Carnival. Whether you’re looking forward to the veteran [...]
View ArticleRafael Trujillo: boss of a banana republic
It might seem hard to believe these days, but 50 years ago the Caribbean was one of the United States’ biggest foreign-policy headaches. If today [...]
View ArticleThe Caribbean at the 2012 Olympic games
The last edition of the Summer Olympics, Beijing 2008, was a good one for the Caribbean, especially for the Jamaicans. It was the year when [...]
View ArticleMassacre River of blood
The placid Massacre River (or Río Massacre) seems to belie its ominous name. Running in wide shallow bends and occasional faster-flowing channels, the forty-mile watercourse [...]
View ArticleThe taste of home: Christmas recipes from the Dominican Republic
It’s easy to underestimate the importance of Christmas for Dominicans. Other countries celebrate many holidays with equal fervour, but this is not the case in [...]
View ArticleThe shot at the mercy gate
The Haitian Revolution, a titanic thirteen-year struggle that ended slavery in the Caribbean’s most prosperous colony, has rightly been seen as an epoch-defining event. The [...]
View ArticleHappenings (November/December 2010)
Guyana Fashion Week: art with a heart The Guyana Fashion Week (GFW) is a fashion event with a difference. Each year, the event supports causes [...]
View ArticleRescued by racism
Seventy years ago, in November 1938, Germany’s Jews were feeling increasingly threatened and trapped. The Nazi onslaught on the ninth of the month, the infamous [...]
View ArticleHappenings (November/December 2008)
Yo-ho-ho and a 10k run Cannons explode, fire and smoke billow into the air, and two pirates fight while another threatens a harbour guard with [...]
View ArticleJunot Díaz: the wao factor
Junot Díaz was born on New Year’s Eve, 1968 in a barrio of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. When he was six he relocated [...]
View ArticleTop ten Caribbean Olympic hopefuls 2008
The bulk of the medals that will be earned by Caribbean athletes at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing will make their way to Havana. [...]
View ArticleHappenings (May/June 2008)
If all you ask is a tall ship… If you’ve ever had a burning desire to sail around the world, but no idea how to [...]
View ArticleHappenings (November/December 2009)
Montserrat marks its words Joanne C Hillhouse Alliouagana, the Amerindian name for Montserrat, is poised to be its latest lure. The name has been chosen [...]
View ArticleHappenings (March/April 2008)
More mas in St Maarten Judy H Fitzpatrick There’s something especially captivating about Carnival in the tiny Dutch/French island of St Maarten/St Martin. With 106 [...]
View ArticleHappenings (September/October 2009)
Pass the popcorn Caroline Taylor The Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival (TTFF), now in its fourth year, returns to the islands from September 16 to [...]
View ArticleHappenings (January/February 2008)
Jumpin’ jazz After criticism of the use of the word “jazz” for music festivals with more R&B flavour, some Caribbean islands have revamped their famous [...]
View ArticleHappenings (July/August 2009)
Rescuing Aruba’s reefs Mirissa De Four The first weekend in July usually signals the beginning of school vacation, beach visits and fun in the sun. [...]
View ArticleTee time: Caribbean golf courses
During the last ten years, golf courses have been popping up all across the Caribbean, growing faster than the islands’ tropical vegetation, banana trees and [...]
View ArticleCaribbean birds: on a wing and a prayer
The Caribbean is renowned for its stunning birdlife, and many people visit the region either on specialist birdwatching tours or simply enjoy the beautiful avifauna [...]
View ArticleThe Latin Music Hotlist
While the Anglophone Caribbean moves mostly to the riddems of dancehall and soca, with occasional nods to salsa and zouk, the whole region is a [...]
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