In The Diaspora

By Lear Matthews Lear Matthews is Professor Emeritus and former Lecturer at University of Guyana.

By Byron Blake Ambassador Byron Blake is former deputy permanent representative to the United Nations and former assistant secretary general of CARICOM.

By Farah Nibbs Farah Nibbs is Assistant Professor of Emergency and Disaster Health Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in The Conversation on October 22, 2024.

By Savitri Persaud Dr. Savitri Persaud is a Postdoctoral Fellow and Qualitative Research Lead at the University of Toronto in the Department of Health and Society and previously the Dalla Lana School of Public Health.

Dr. Nikoli Attai is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Race, Gender, and Ethnic Studies at Colorado State University.

By Magdalee Brunache Magdalee Brunache is from Haiti, and is currently a doctoral student in the Department of Political Science, specializing in Development Studies and Women and Gender Studies at the University of Toronto As I sit down to write this, it has just been announced that the humanitarian parole program, which allowed Haitians to enter the United States over the past two years, will not be renewed.

By Isaac ‘Asume’ Osuoka Dr. Isaac ‘Asume’ Osuoka is a Fellow in Residence at the Department of Global and International Studies at Carleton University and a respected leader in global environmental and climate justice circles.

Dr Nigel Clarke and the IMF By Byron Blake Ambassador Byron Blake is former deputy permanent representative to the United Nations and former assistant secretary general of CARICOM.

Melinda Janki is an international lawyer, an attorney-at-law in Guyana, and winner of the Commonwealth Lawyers Rule of Award.

By Maziki Thame Dr. Maziki Thame is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government, UWI, Mona.

By Neville Trotz Now retired, Ulric (Neville) Trotz was formerly the Deputy Director & Science Adviser, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, Belmopan, Belize.

By Samuel Brathwaite Dr. Samuel Braithwaite is a Lecturer in the Department of Economics at The University of the West Indies, Mona.

By Gabrielle Jamela Hosein Gabrielle Jamela Hosein is a feminist, activist, poet and Senior Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, and also writes a column in the Trinidad Newsday.

By Neville Trotz Now retired,  Ulric (Neville) Trotz was formerly the Deputy Director & Science Adviser, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, Belmopan, Belize.

  By Lear Matthews  Lear Matthews is Professor Emeritus and former Lecturer at University of Guyana.

By Red Thread, Guyana A recent regional hearing on corporal punishment and its impact on the rights of children in the Caribbean was organized by the Inter American Commission on Human Rights.

By Mattia Ferraresi WASHINGTON, DC – Europe is no stranger to political violence like the recent attempt on Donald Trump’s life at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.

By Preity Kumar Dr. Preity R. Kumar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Rhode Island.

By Gabrielle Jamela Hosein Gabrielle Jamela Hosein is a feminist, activist, poet and Senior Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, and also writes a column in the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian A shorter version of this column appeared in Trinidad and Tobago Newsday on Wednesday July 3, 2024.

By Horace (Raymond) Leonard Henriques July 2, 1945 – June 5, 2023Editor’s Note: This week we share a short story written by Guyanese Professor, Horace (Raymond) Henriques, who died on January 5th, 2023, after 7 years of enduring a rapid decline of Lewy Body dementia and Parkinsonian symptoms.