The Barbados government wants reparation payments from the successors of the plantation’s founderJames Drax, led by Richard Drax, a wealthy British MP
More nuanced and constructive ways of measuring the vulnerabilities of nation states to climate crises are required
Both regions boast innovative, homegrown solutions but these rarely ‘get airtime’
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Europe would have been a marginal player in world history without the continent’s natural resources and centuries of cheap African labour
At the inaugural AU-Caribbean Community summit, leaders called for greater solidarity to prevent global exclusion
The agreement could go beyond economics towards the political unification of Africa
Haiti is still reeling from the 2010 earthquake that killed more than 220,000 people but a nascent film industry has begun to emerge.
As the tri-series begins, the value of international cricket fixtures is coming under closer scrutiny.
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/ 11 November 2008
Hotel bookings in the Caribbean are plunging as financial turbulence dashes vacation plans.