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Cuba: Courting Change

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

“There are a good number of ministers still under sixty, but the largest share of power is concentrated in the hands of septuagenarians and octogenarians”: Cuba's Generation Y suggests these veterans are unable “to hear the new generation knocking at the door, coming like a whi ...

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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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Bangladesh: Brahmaputra River Is Threatened

Posted by Rezwan on 18/11/2009

RealTime Bangladesh blog reports that a dam in Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) in China will divert 200 billion cubic meters of waters to the Yellow River. This will spell disaster for the Tibetan plateau and the lower riparian countries, Indias North East and Bangladesh as Brahmaputra river and its b ...

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India: Much Ado about Copenhagen Meet On Climate Change

Posted by Rezwan on 18/11/2009

Roger Alexander opines that “in the course of his current trip to Asia, US President Barack Obama has ensured that the upcoming United Nations Climate Conference, due to take place in Copenhagen December 7-18, will be nothing more than a talk shop.”

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