Location and Definitions of the Caribbean Origin of Caribbean — The word ‘Caribbean’ is said to be derived from the indigenous people’s name for themselves‚ ‘Carib’. The term ‘West Indies’ which is often used interchangeably with Caribbean is the name given to the region by Christopher Columbus in 1492. — As with the inexact name of the region so to is there little agreement on what area is included within the Caribbean. Different criteria are used to define the region.
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Question: Which one theoretical perspective is most suited for understanding the Caribbean extra-regional relations with the United States and Europe? Support your answer with concrete example of United States and Europe’s relations with the Caribbean in specific contemporary issues of the region. The Caribbean can be described as an archipelago of islands that stretches from the Yucatan and Florida peninsulas southeast to Venezuela‚ with the Greater Antilles (Cuba‚ Dom. Republic‚ Haiti
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Ford‚ Sony‚ Nike‚ and Microsoft to name a few. However‚ for smaller nations and businesses such as those in the Caribbean‚ this agreement is actually to our detriment‚ especially to our sugar and banana industries. How is it a detriment to our country? Well after the abolition of slavery‚ the break away from colonial rule‚ this abolition had rules‚ one of which was that the Caribbean nations received preferential treatment to European markets. However with globalisation in effect‚ many nations
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------------------------------------------------- Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Kimberly Leed 2Y / History The CCJ is the first proposed court of final jurisdiction for the Anglophone Caribbean‚ all other courts had to answer to the English court. The supremacy of the English courts was laid down in the Colonial Laws Validity Act of 1865‚ which formally conferred the power to make laws on colonial legislatures‚ but at the same time it declared that colonial laws inconsistent
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| | | | | | Critically examine the role that Caribbean cruise tourism is playing in the economies and social sectors of the region. What are the economic and social costs/ benefits derived from this type of industry? What should Caribbean countries be doing to derive more benefits and mitigate social and environmental damage? | Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 3 ECONOMIC IMPACTS 3 SOCIAL / SOCIAL-CULTURAL IMPACTS 7 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS 11 RECOMMENDATIONS 16 THE FUTURE OF CRUISE
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slavery and has been described as the "Silent Crime of the Caribbean". Regional organizations such as the Association of Caribbean States‚ CARICOM and the Organization of American States have all expressed their displeasure at the rapid increase of human trafficking cases in the Caribbean. This growing practice impacts many nations across the world and the Caribbean has recently been drawn into what is being called a “global panic.” In the Caribbean the group causing the most concern in regards to Human
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In this exam I will demonstrate my knowledge of the postcolonial theoretical school and its relationship to ethnography and anthropology. The connection between colonialism and anthropology is an old one. Depending on when one sets the beginning of what we call Aanthropology‚@ issues of imperialism‚ colonialism and colonial justification go back as far as recorded history. For the purposes of this exam‚ I will focus on the current colonial/postcolonial paradigm that began with the age of European
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INTRODUCTION The board platform on which this jurisprudence rests is the Commonwealth Caribbean’s common historic‚ political‚ economic and cultural experiences; our mutual history of slavery‚ indenture‚ displacement‚ resistance and struggle. In exercising their supreme and original right to establish the principles for their future government‚ the sovereign ‘people’ have chosen to organize their government into its various departments. One of these departments is the Judiciary – the Court itself
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THEME: Languages in the Caribbean TOPIC: Oral Traditions within the Culture RESEARCH STATEMENT: To examine the factors contributing to the diminishing presence of the oral tradition within the Jamaican society. INTRODUCTION Oral traditions are viewed as “the means by which knowledge is reproduced‚ preserved and conveyed from generation to generation…” – Renee Hulan‚ Renate Eigenbrod It is through interaction and interrelation that we procure experiences
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Topic: “The Amerindians have left a legacy that forms part of the Caribbean Civilization.” Discuss. The Amerindians have left a legacy that forms part of the Caribbean Civilization. The Amerindians were two groups of people having completely different personalities. One group was the Arawaks or Taino which occupied the Greater Antilles and the other was the Caribs or Kalinago which occupied the Lesser Antilles. The Arawaks were a very peaceful group of people; slim and short‚ but firmly built
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