These tragedies in Trinidad, Chile and the U.S. sadden us, but should also motivate us to continue demanding safe, orderly and regular pathways for Venezuelan migrants
Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian | Caracas Chronicles
On February 5th, 2022, an awful tragedy happened. A Venezuelan baby was killed in his mother’s arms when the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard fired at the boat carrying a group of Venezuelan migrants.
We know that at least three Venezuelan kids have died migrating to another country so far this year. Continue reading
Business: Banking: Much gratitude to the Caribbean for Boxhand, Susu and Partner:
— We now have humane systems of economic cooperation
Stabroek News – October 25, 2021 – By Caroline Shenaz Hossein
ROSCAs aren’t new to many of us with Caribbean born parents living in the diaspora. My great-grandmother, Maude Gittens, was a street caterer who lived in Sangre Grande, Trinidad. But she was also a well-known Susu “Banker Lady.” Susu is a local name for a ROSCA. It’s the same name used in Ghana, West Africa — which in fact, is an original source for these co-ops. And Susu can be found among the diaspora outside of Africa and the Caribbean, so in your towns and cities. Continue reading →
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