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Barbados: Crunch Time

Posted by Janine Mendes-Franco on 18/11/2009

“Barbadians have become alarmed at the prospect of having its investment paper perched at the brink of junk rating, a status most unfamiliar to Barbadians through the years”: Barbados Underground says it's economic “crunch time”!

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Barbados, Jamaica: Corruption Perception

Posted by Janine Mendes-Franco on 18/11/2009

The 2009 Transparency International Corruption Perception Index is out and although Living in Barbados always takes the results “with a pinch of salt”, he notes that “greasing palms is unfortunately seen as a part of doing business worldwide.”

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Statement to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of The United States House of Representatives

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 18/11/2009

Washington, DC Chairman Howard L. Berman U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs 2170 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Mr. Chairman, read more

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Cuba: Raúl Castro Imprisons Critics, Crushes Dissent

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 18/11/2009

(Washington, DC) - Raúl Castro's government has locked up scores of people for exercising their fundamental freedoms and allowed scores more political prisoners arrested during Fidel Castro's rule to languish in detention, Human Rights Watch says in a report released today . read more ...

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Impact of ICT on Indigenous Cultures: Rejuvenation or Colonization?

Posted by Aparna Ray on 17/11/2009

Can ICT truly preserve and protect distinct identities and culture? Does ICT by its very intervention introduce an element of Westernization amidst the indigenous culture that it purports to preserve and protect? What is the optimum balance between preserving traditional knowledge and embracing remi ...

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