Political Geography: Caribbean / Publication Year: within 1 Year

Author:: Darlène Dubuisson and Mark Schuller
Publication Date:: 11-2024
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
Abstract:: The quest for white dominance has required undermining Haiti’s freedom and demonizing its people. A transnational response is necessary to foster solidarity and challenge the notion of U.S. exceptionalism.
Topic:: Immigration, Solidarity, Xenophobia, and Racism
Political Geography:: Latin America, Caribbean, Haiti, and United States of America

Author:: Gabrielle Apollon
Publication Date:: 10-2024
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
Abstract:: In the face of mounting attacks on Haitian diaspora communities from Springfield to Santo Domingo, immigrants across the hemisphere are coming together to demand protection.
Topic:: Diaspora, Immigration, Borders, and Organizing
Political Geography:: Latin America, Caribbean, Haiti, and United States of America

Author:: Obed Lamy
Publication Date:: 10-2024
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
Abstract:: In the wake of a firestorm of racist rumors, many members of a thriving Haitian community are considering relocating, pushed out by threats and hate.
Topic:: Immigration, Journalism, Xenophobia, and Racism
Political Geography:: Latin America, Caribbean, and Haiti

Author:: Bertin M. Jr. Louis
Publication Date:: 10-2024
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
Abstract:: From the United States to the Dominican Republic to the Bahamas, the collective scapegoating and mass deportation of Haitians for political gain lays bare a particular kind of anti-Blackness.
Topic:: Migration, Xenophobia, Racism, and Anti-Blackness
Political Geography:: Latin America, Caribbean, Haiti, Dominican Republic, United States of America, and Bahamas

Author:: Sandra Pellegrini
Publication Date:: 10-2024
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)
Abstract:: In recent years, Haiti has made headlines for unprecedented levels of gang violence, with gangs increasingly challenging state authorities and expanding their grip over the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area and beyond, which exerts a heavy toll on civilians. Yet, this worsening security situation is not confined to Haiti; other countries and territories in the Caribbean, particularly Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad and Tobago, have experienced a surge in gang violence amid their fragmented and volatile gang landscapes.
Topic:: Violence, Gangs, and Regional Security
Political Geography:: Latin America, Caribbean, and Haiti

Author:: Jennifer Lipenga, Lumonya Faith, Samia al-Botmeh, Nalini Rathnarajah, and Natalia Quiroga Diaz
Publication Date:: 12-2024
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Oxfam Publishing
Abstract:: In this publication, leading feminist thinkers from Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, South Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, share perspectives on why we must move beyond gross domestic product (GDP) as the primary measure of societal progress. Drawing on regional examples, they demonstrate how the GDP-growth obsession is skewing policy-making towards measures that drive austerity, debt, corporate power, and exploitative labour practices, whilst invisibilising unpaid care and domestic work. In a call to action, the authors highlight Indigenous and feminist alternatives that need to be pursued to catalyse a shift towards economies that centre care of people and the planet.
Topic:: GDP, Feminism, Decolonization, and Systems Change
Political Geography:: Africa, South Asia, Middle East, Latin America, North Africa, and Caribbean

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