CARIBBEAN WORLD

Halle Berry Says Her Daughter Is Black; Mixed-Race and Others Up in Arms In addition to the reporting of the ongoing crisis in Egypt, last week’s online news agencies exploded with allegations that in a recent interview with Ebony Magazine, Halle Berry referred to her mixed-race daughter, Nahla, as Black. The Halle/Gabriel Background Halle is in the middle of a contentious custody battle with her ex Gabriel Aubry, a White male model. The tabloids are reporting all types of accusations from sources in both camps. Allegedly, Halle’s ‘people’ say Gabriel gets angry when people refer to Nahla as Black. Gabriel’s ‘people’ say Halle throws fits and rages at the slightest things. Let’s be reminded that we are hearing of this through the tabloids and un-named sources. I haven’t yet directly heard Halle or Gabriel make any of these kinds of statements. Halle’s Recent Race-Related Quotes Halle is being quoted as saying: “I’m not going to put a label on it. I had to decide fo...

Guadeloupe.  " 5 à 10 000 morts à Pointe-à-Pitre en 1843. Mais pour le prochain Big One, toutes les îles voisines, y compris la Martinique, seront touchées. " Basse-Terre. Capitale. Mercredi 23 mai 2012. CCN. Le nouveau gouvernement français en place et ses ministres ne doivent pas, comme précédemment, sous-estimer les risques naturels menaçant notre région. Les dernières grosses pluies ont causé de nombreux dégâts et cela risque de se reproduire si, très rapidement, des mesures ne sont pas prises. C’est ce qu’a dit à CCN le sismologue Christian Anténor-Habazac. Outre les pluies torrentielles et les inondations de la région pontoise, le Big One, le tremblement de terre qui, depuis des années, nous pend au nez, est souvent minoré. Là encore, le spécialiste prévient que le séisme risque d’avoir des conséquences dramatiques car les bâtiments : CHU, CAF, etc., ne sont pas aux normes ; les rues de Pointe-à-Pitre sont trop étroites. En cas de Big One...

Être noir en Espagne GUILLERMO ABRIL Traduit de l’Espagnol par Guy Everard Mbarga Lequel est serveur, docteur, immigrant illégal ou policier? Ils  sont tous là parmi nous. Nous leur avons enlevé leur uniforme pour les montrer tel quel, sans préjugé ajouté. Ils ne représentent qu’une poignée des 700.000 descendants d'Africains vivant en Espagne. Ils portent leur différence dans la peau. Nous les voyons tous les jours, mais, les connaissons-nous? Voici leur histoire, racontée par eux-mêmes. Celle de leur vie sous la loupe. Celle de leur combat contre les soupçons (des) blancs. Et leur fierté d’être ce qu’ils sont. Récemment, Marcia Santacruz, une Colombienne de 32 ans au sourire expansif, prenait un verre de vin avec quelques amies espagnoles, toutes bien éduquées. De bonnes personnes. Elles avaient une conversation intéressante sur le canapé, quand tout à coup, la rencontre amicale prit une tournure inattendue. L'une des Espagnoles prit un...

The United States and the Caribbean Dr. Raymond J. Barrett A glance at a map shows why the United States has always been closely concerned with the Caribbean. The American interest in the Caribbean has many facets, and new dimensions are now being added. The common concerns of the United States and the Caribbean lands continue to increase and warrant careful attention. Historically, the United States has been actively involved in and concerned about the Caribbean. The area has always played a key role in the Western Hemisphere. It was the scene of Columbus’s voyages of discovery and the jumping-off place for most of the Spanish conquistadors. One of the main areas of European settlement in the New World was in and around the Caribbean basin. It became a rich source of sugar, indigo, spices, and other highly valued tropical products. The lifelines of the immense Spanish empire converged on the Caribbean Sea, and the imperial treasures became the glittering objects of the legendar...

Black, Elite and Proud; Catering to 'a Certain Class,' With No Apologies By NINA SIEGAL Published: November 14, 2000 They sat in pumpkin-colored leather chairs over low tables sipping apple martinis, pale green with slivers of Granny Smith at the top. They said they did not come to Aubette, a swank bar with auburn lighting, for intimacy. But as they spoke, their eyes discreetly scanned the room. The crowd was young, black, college educated and upwardly mobile. They were hip, yet decidedly not hip-hop. A conversation with anyone in the room could have started at the Ivy League, turned to philosophy or the stock market and ended with a date or a business deal. At least that was the hope of the young entrepreneurs who created Black Diamonds Entertainment, the promotional company that organized the event. Black Diamonds parties, like the weekly after-work mixer at Aubette, on East 27th Street, are designed for th...

This website presents a checklist of the currently accepted scientific names of seed plants from the West Indies, including synonomy and distribution by island. The list also provides the common names used throughout the region, the conservation status of the species, images when available, information on the typification of the scientific names, and specimen data Introduction by P. Acevedo-Rodriguez and Mark T. Strong The West Indies are an archipelago with more than one thousand islands that separate the Atlantic Ocean from the Caribbean Sea and cover a distance of 2,700 km from Barbados to the most western tip of Cuba (Howard, 1973).  They are not in contact with the continents although they are relatively close, at about a distance of 150 km between Grenada and South America and 210 km between Cuba and Yucatan.  These islands are generally divided into three archipelagos with different topography and independent geological history, i.e., the Lesser Anti...