Category Archives: Small Island

Sint Maarten Accuses the Netherlands of Neo-colonial Paternalism in Covid-19 Assistance.

Posted on March 14, 2021 by Bruce

The Americas — this appeared in the 14 March, 2021, print edition of the Washington Post and at <https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/coronavirus-sint-maarten-netherlands/2021/03/10/d2f58bea-80e9-11eb-81db-b02f0398f49a_story.html > Racial reckoning in the Caribbean: Former colony confronts the Netherlands over coronavirus aid conditions Sint Maarten Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs … Continue reading →

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This is what hurricanes do: Caneel Bay Plantation is Dead

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Bruce

from the NY Times: <https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/20/travel/st-john-caneel-bay-resort.html > Caneel Bay: Why a Caribbean Paradise Remains in Ruins Two years after back-to-back hurricanes struck St. John, the famed Caneel Bay Resort has not reopened. The storms’ lingering aftermath laid bare the eco-resort’s long-festering … Continue reading →

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Island Obliteration

Posted on September 13, 2019 by Bruce

This is simply a horrible story and I have no comment. . . . from Business Insider F-35s and F-15s just obliterated an entire Iraqi island to root out ISIS fighters by Ellen Ioanes        Sep. 10, 2019, 12:55 PM US … Continue reading →

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Plain Talk About How We Think About Our Largest Island Colony

Posted on September 14, 2018 by Bruce

I’m posting this in PottersWeal.com rather than Wake Me When We’re Great Again because Yarimar Bonilla’s op-ed in the Washington Post really addresses the issue of how the USA treats its colonies (and, to a lesser extent, how some US … Continue reading →

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Deutsche Welle Online: Comment on Barbadian Debt as Typical Caribbean Small Island Problem

Posted on June 16, 2018 by Bruce

from the on-line English version of the paper at <http://www.dw.com/en/drowning-in-debt-barbados-predicament-offers-a-warning-for-small-island-nations/a-44245771&gt; [Just a minor caveat that there is no evidence that German financiers are necessarily balanced assessors of development options for oceanic small islands. . . . but they probably DO … Continue reading →

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Among Real Problems Largely Ignored at an Important Forum

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Bruce

Lost in the static over Trump histrionics <from the Seychelles News site > — President of Seychelles shocks G7 meeting with photos of ocean trash Victoria, Seychelles | June 11, 2018, Monday @ 14:21 in National » GENERAL | By: … Continue reading →

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Book about Providencia or New Providence, or ¿Santa Catalina?

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Bruce

from the New York Times Book Review section for Sunday, 13 May 2018 — NONFICTION Pirates, Runaways, Smugglers and the Occasional Aristocrat   Review By Michael Pye                           … Continue reading →

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ISLANDS ADRIFT – Post Irma/Maria State-of-Preparedness of the Eastern Caribbean Islands

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Bruce

This report by BVI Beacon Editor Freeman Rogers and a team of reporters from the Center for Investigative Journalism (CPI) in Puerto Rico. Check the article at the link above for some excellent photography not shown in this text copy … Continue reading →

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NPR: Sad State of Health Services in USVI

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Bruce

Nearly five months after Hurricanes Irma and Maria, medical services in the USVI are still in horrible shape, with 400 seriously ill patients receiving care in the mainland, and both major hospitals (in St. Thomas and St. Croix) unable to … Continue reading →

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Overseas and International NGO’s Being Handicapped by US-Imposed Restrictions

Posted on April 29, 2017 by Bruce

{The issues discussed in this article about obstacles faced by non-profits working in humanitarian fields in war zones is actually only one aspect of US-inspired and -enforced regulations that affect all manner of non-profit and non-governmental organizations, especially in developing countries, … Continue reading →

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