Florida launches crackdown on Haitians fleeing violence
Haitians escaping the violence produced by imperialist oppression are summarily deported back to the island.
•Matthew Taylor
Caribbean
Chevalier and the life of composer Joseph Bologne: Why the mean-spirited attack on Mozart and Gluck?
Chevalier is seriously marred, not only by the gravitational pull of identity-racial politics but by a generally low level of historical knowledge and understanding.
•David Walsh
Mass strikes and protests continue in Puerto Rico against debt deal
Mass protests are culminating in a general strike across the island following the imposition of a debt settlement deal dictated by Wall Street that will gut wages and pensions.
•Rafael Azul
Puerto Rico: Teachers strikes and protests continue against debt payment deal
Over the last two weeks a powerful movement of Puerto Rican teachers and public employees has been defying the governor and the Financial Oversight Management Board which controls the island’s finances.
•Rafael Azul
Reggae innovator Lee “Scratch” Perry dead at 85
Perry’s recording and performing career lasted more than six decades. He was best known for his behind-the-scenes work as a pioneering record producer and audio engineer and for being one of the musical creators of the “dub” reggae sound.
•James Vega
Official story of assassination in Haiti begins to unravel
With far-right figures tied to the former Duvalier dictatorship implicated in the crime, Washington is backing a coverup to facilitate an accommodation between the warring factions of the Haitian elite.
•Roger Jordan
British government to deport Jamaican “foreign nationals” after fascistic campaign
The Labour MPs led by Jeremy Corbyn signing the letter of protest are only attempting to distance themselves from their party’s own anti-democratic agenda without making any real challenge to it
•Thomas Scripps
Toots Hibbert, ska and reggae giant: “Right now, someone else has that number”
Hibbert was widely respected and liked as a person, as well as admired for his work. That he was one of the most important international ambassadors for reggae owed much to his personal integrity.
•Paul Bond
The future of the global cruising industry: Layoffs, pay cuts and prolonged misery for crews
Cruise corporations are cutting jobs and denying workers repatriation to save their profits.
•Tom Casey
Washington places Cuba and Venezuela on “terror” list
After fostering an abortive mercenary invasion aimed at overthrowing Venezuela’s government and murdering its president, the US placed Caracas on a list of governments deemed uncooperative in the “war on terrorism.”
•Bill Van Auken
Amid charges of unsafe conditions, Puerto Rico’s governor issues back-to-work orders
Businesses have been left to supervise themselves in all matters related to worker safety as the government’s regulatory agencies essentially wash their hands of the matter.
•Alberto Escalera
Cuban working class facing disaster due to coronavirus-related tourism collapse
While Cuba appears to have effectively slowed the spread of COVID-19, the collapse of tourism has left huge numbers of workers unemployed and threatens imports of needed goods.
•Alexander Fangmann
“We’re facing the worst crisis we’ve ever seen”
Trump threatens to block aid as Puerto Rico is hit by new earthquake
More than a month after an ongoing earthquake swarm began, the Trump administration is threatening to veto a bill that would allocate $4.7 billion in emergency aid to the island.
•Kayla Costa, Julio Patron
Anger mounts in Puerto Rico as workers discover warehouse full of unused aid
On Saturday, in Ponce, Puerto Rico residents discovered a warehouse piled high with desperately needed unused emergency supplies
•Genevieve Leigh
Thousands displaced as Puerto Rico enters third straight week of relentless earthquakes
The earthquakes have compounded the social and economic crisis, with many residents still suffering from the destruction wrought by Hurricane Maria in 2017 and the criminal government indifference that followed.
•Zac Corrigan
Mass protests against endemic poverty, government corruption convulse Haiti
Moïse and his corrupt and repressive regime cling to power thanks only to the support of Washington, and its French, and Canadian allies.
•Richard Dufour
Local reports claim thousands dead in the Bahamas from Hurricane Dorian
While the Bahamian government has sought to minimize the scope of the disaster, the Trump administration has blocked refugees from entering the United States.
•Nick Barrickman
Trump blocks refugees from Bahamas as humanitarian catastrophe unfolds
The massive hurricane that unleashed its wrath on the Bahamas earlier this month has produced a catastrophe as a result of social inequality and political indifference.
•Kate Randall
“Unimaginable” death toll predicted in Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian
Five days after the powerful Category Five storm wreaked havoc in the Bahamas, damage, injury and death estimates continue to grow.
•Dan Conway
Hurricane Dorian kills five in the Bahamas as it moves slowly on to Florida
Hurricane Dorian lashed the Bahamas all day Monday as it sat nearly motionless and battered the low-lying islands.
•Kevin Reed