By Magdalee Brunache
Magdalee Brunache is from Haiti, and is currently a doctoral student in the Department of Political Science with a focus on Development Studies and Comparative Politics at the University of Toronto
In Haiti, the security situation has reached an unprecedented level, with an estimated 1,554 people killed in the first three months of 2024.
Editor’s note: Last week, former US President Bill Clinton visited Guyana, to participate in conversations on investment in the region at the United Caribbean Forum, organised by the locally based Dominican Republic Chamber of Commerce.
Editor’s Note: Last Friday, March 22, a resolution was presented by the US at the UN Security Council that “would have determined the imperative of an immediate and sustained ceasefire in Gaza,” for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, and that according to a Reuters report, called for “the release of all hostages and an expanded flow of humanitarian assistance to Gaza.”
By Freedom ImaginariesUnder the banner #WithHaitianRefugees, Freedom Imaginaries is urging CARICOM to establish a rights-based regional approach for the protection of Haitian migrants and refugees as leaders prepare to meet in Jamaica today, March 11, to discuss the dire situation in Haiti.
The Protests and Pedagogy Collective was formed in 2018 to organize a series of commemorative events for the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Sir George Williams University Protest.
by Jemima Pierre
Jemima Pierre, Ph.D., is a Haitian-born Professor at the Social Justice Institute at the University of British Columbia and Research Associate at the Center for the Study of Race, Gender and Class at the University of Johannesburg.
Fishermen and Friends of the Sea (FFOS) is a 28-year-old environmental watch-dog NGO in Trinidad and Tobago, committed to monitoring the activities of the extractive sector.
by Tammy Turner (tturnr)
Tammy Turner is a Russian born, Jamaican raised, Canadian multi-disciplinary artist, poet and teacher currently residing between Canada, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.
By Kristina Fried and Sasha Filippova
Kristina Fried, Staff Attorney at the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH), and Sasha Filippova, Senior Staff Attorney at IJDH.
By Ulric O’D Trotz Now retired, Ulric (Neville) Trotz was formerly the Deputy Director & Science Adviser, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, Belmopan, Belize
Recently the Institute of International Relations at the University of the West Indies, St.
By the Protests and Pedagogy Collective
Protests and Pedagogy is a collective of Caribbean scholars, students, community members, writers, artists, and activists who initially came together in 2019 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Sir George Williams University student protest.
By Janette Bulkan
Janette Bulkan is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia
This column reflects on the Joint Declaration of Argyle against the geopolitical backdrop in which Guyana and Venezuela are enmeshed.