THE+CARRIBEANS

__ IN HAITI __ An estimated 634,000 people live in displacement camps, according to the International Organization for Migration. International donors promised Haiti $5.3 billion at a March 2010 donor’s conference. But reconstruction involving better buildings and roads has barely begun. Officials’ sole point of pride six months after the earthquake — that disease and violence had been averted — vanished with the outbreak of cholera. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/haiti/index.html
 * __ CURRENT EVENTS IN THE CARRIBEANS __**

"The JFF invested over $30 million last year alone on women's football... we staged a successful FIFA Women's COM-UNITY seminar and accepted hosting obligations for the CFU Under-17 Finals last November when no other country accepted to host," said Reid, responding to the successful efforts of the Under-17 and Under-20 women's teams that qualified for the CONCACAF finals of their respective age groups.
 * __ IN JAMROCK __**

Read more: [|http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport/Over-30m-spent-on-women-s-programme--says-JFF_10565138#ixzz1jXr6i0Z2]

I’m interested in finding out how are things now after the earth quake crises in Haiti. I’m hoping to see a lot of improvements and reconstruction in Haiti. I’m also interested in Jamaican sports as well.
 * Usain Bolt famous Olympic runner is from Jamaica
 * Bob Marley is from Jamaica
 * Cuba (fondly called El Cocodrilo by the natives) and many other countries are known for having a lot of natural resources, that are exported throughout the world


 * Most residents of the islands are descendants of African slaves. They were brought to work in sugar plantations and as slavery ended, they remained in the paradise like conditions


 * The main festival that locals and tourists partake of, throughout most of the Caribbean isles would be Carnival

[] “ US Virgin Islands suffer a Crime Spree Hurricane,” is an article that goes far beyond natural disasters. This article deals with the lack of law and control in the Virgin Islands which results in crime and illegal citizenship. Most of the crime deals with money disputes because of the poor island, besides it resorts and cruises. I chose this article because most islands are like the Virgin Islands where people don’t see the actual living style but only think the Island is luxury.

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“Ganja in Jamaica,” is an article about the history of marijuana in Jamaica. It goes into detail about how ganja became popular by artists such as Bob Marley etc….. Also the article explains the history of ganja and how it was used and why. For example ganja as grown by farmers to make a good profit. I chose this article because the debate of marijuana is huge thing going on in the U.S and I believe that Jamaica is the most popular of users.

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 * Jamaica is the largest English-speaking island in the Caribbean and it has 120 rivers
 * The Boiling Lake in Dominica is the second largest boiling lake in the world, with temperatures that hover between 82 and 92C (180 and 197F)4
 * ** Antigua has 365 beaches, one for each day of the year
 * Grenada, known as the spice island, has more spices per square mile than any other place in the world
 * Only about 2 percent of the Caribbean's numerous islands are inhabited
 * Only about 2 percent of the Caribbean's numerous islands are inhabited
 * The Boiling Lake [[image:boil_lake.jpg]]


 * Antigua




 * Spice Island