Scott Fitzpatrick (Oregon): The Pre-Columbian Caribbean: Colonization, Population Dispersal, and Island Adaptations. Gavin Fridell (St. Mary’s): On the Margins of the Rising South: ALBA and Petrocaribe in the Caribbean. Armand Claude De Mestral (McGill): The Constitutional Functions of the Caribbean Court of Justice. Grandfather’s backpay: F.S.J. Ledgister reviews Britain’s Black Debt: Reparations for Caribbean Slavery and Native Genocide by Hilary McD. Beckles. American media upped its coverage of the Dominican Republic’s internment and deportation practices, but the repression of Haitians continues (and more). Edwidge Danticat on the long legacy of occupation in Haiti. This is not your parents’ Caribbean: Change is coming from multiple directions, driven by a thawing of U.S.-Cuban relations, Puerto Rico’s debt crisis, and the decline of Venezuela’s regional influence. Only three Caribbean countries so far have beaches certified by Blue Flag, an international programme for assessing the health of coastal waters.
