CIJN presents stories from our Caribbean region which impact our lives, as we uncover the truth and also recap events which highlight our challenges.
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Seniors: Climate Change Forgotten Ones
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Barbados has been grappling with excessive Sahara dust, unprecedented heat, and even an outbreak of dengue fever, disproportionately affecting senior citizens. Barbados faces an existential crisis due to a vulnerable ageing population impacted by climate events; two in every five Barbadians are over fifty, expected to increase to three in every fiv…
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This podcast series looks at how prepared the Caribbean is for the future and in this episode, we focus on Jamaica. How is the Jamaican economy bouncing back from the pandemic after the past two years?
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COVID-19, Transparency & Accountability in Small-Island States: Trinidad & Tobago
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If there's one lesson Trinidad and Tobago can take away from the pandemic, it’s how to build resilience and manage uncertainty. It allowed the government to test its responsiveness to crises and pivot to a constantly changing environment. Insights into the next steps for the twin island Republic.
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The COVID-19 Reset, Barbados
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Like all other countries, Barbados, a Caribbean island nation in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, started its journey into the unknown. In October 2018, after struggling under the burden of debt, Barbados entered into an arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Under its Extend Fund Facility (EFF), the IMF and the Barbados Governmen…
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Antigua's Future Outlook for 2023
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With an estimated $3 million spent on vaccines in 2021, the government is reaping the rewards of that investment and having fully inoculated more than 60% of its population, it has started to remove COVID restrictions. On August 25, 2022, the Cabinet decided to lift quarantine and testing restrictions for both vaccinated and unvaccinated air travel…
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Caribbean Pandemic: Ponzis & Pyramids
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Even as Caribbean authorities wrestle with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, legislators have been scrambling to formulate appropriate responses to an accompanying growth in unlawful pyramid and Ponzi schemes marketed as financial solutions to the impact of restrictive pandemic measures. Listen to how this current epidemic of financial fraud…
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Venezuela – Where Life is Chaos
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Venezuela’s General Election outcome of December 6th 2020 was as expected by many. It is evident that Venezuela’s future truly is uncertain. CIJN’s Investigative piece of November 3rd 2020 remains relevant and paints the bleak picture of the chaos inside a country that seems to be disintegrating CIJN Looks at Venezuela through the eyes of the peopl…
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With the dismantling of ISIS, Trinidad and Tobago faces the issue of its nationals at camps in Syria. Their families want them to come home but what infrastructure must exist for their repatriation? Multiple perspectives on the issue are shared in this podcast.
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Human Trafficking: Venezuelan Crisis
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With the current demise of Venezuela, the desperation of its people to stay alive had increased. Many young women have been caught in the web of human trafficking and sex slavery.
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The Hosay Massacre also known as the Muharram Riots of 1884, is an almost lost chapter in the history of Trinidad and Tobago. We recap the history of this event.
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Countering Violent Extremism in a small island nation
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While Trinidad and Tobago holds the record as highest GDP for ISIS recruitment in the Western hemisphere, other Caribbean countries have not gone unscathed. In this episode, we review some of the faces of ISIS and other radical groups.
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The Lure of ISIS – a T&T perspective
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Over the past few years, experts and civil society have been able to identify the push and pull factors of ISIS. We explore the lure of ISIS in this episode.
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The 1990 Coup in Trinidad & Tobago (T&T)
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Radicalization first rear its head in Trinidad and Tobago when the first Islamic militant coup in the Western world was staged in 1990. Years later, recruitment members for ISIS sprung out of this movement. We recap 1990.
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Poster Boy for ISIS – Shane Crawford
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He became a poster boy for ISIS and influenced several others to join the caliphate. In this episode we tell Shane Crawford’s story.
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Islam in Trinidad and views on Radicalization
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In this episode we speak with senior members of the Islamic community about their views on radicalization and what it is like to be Muslim in Trinidad and Tobago.
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The twin island republic of Trinidad and Tobago is globally known for its steelpan, calypso and carnival. But it gained another accolade – the infamy of being the number one recruitment ground for ISIS in the Western Hemisphere based on per capita data. It is estimated that over 200 T&T nationals joined the caliphate. This series explores the issue…
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