Essays on Caribbean

Life and Debt, a film by Stephanie Black shows the bad side of Jamaica that tourists and foreigners don’t get to see on their day to day life. The bad side being the economy and what it has done to the citizens of the country....

Everyone is going electronic! And this includes the Health Industry worldwide, and with the advent of health providers turning to more convenient, cost effective ways of storing and accessing patients medical information, it only makes sense that agencies would seek to make sure that this...

Tato Laviera was involved in the affirmation and transformation of the Puerto Rican identity in the United States. Tato was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico. Sanchez arrived in Lower East Side of New York at the age of 9. Before he migrated to the United...

Abstract The location of Puerto Rico makes it vulnerable to seismic activity due to the different sources that surround the Island. This is why the risk of a tsunami affecting the island increases as it did in 1918. The Puerto Rico Trench, located to the...

Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and colonizer who completed four voyages a cross the Atlantic Ocean that opened the New World for conquest and permanent European colonization of the Americas. Columbus had embarked with intent to find and develop a westward route to the...

The Andrew Holness led administration was under extreme pressure after over 1300 murders were recorded in 2016, the highest for the last five years. Hence, a crime plan was initiated which focused on lowering criminality and using social intervention to curtail the issue, the Zone...

Having a job that pays well enough to support their basic needs is what most of my peers wish for in the country where I am from. I am from Jamaica, most people who just heard of my country always has the best things to...

Overview Cholera is an acute diarrheal disease caused by Vibrio Cholerae bacterium, transmitted via ingestion of contaminated water or food. Worldwide it is estimated to each year cause between 1, 3 to 4 million cases, and between 21000 to 143000 deaths. In 2016, 54% of...

It is no secret that Iran, Venezuela and Cuba have close relations to one another especially considering they are all basically dictatorships. Iran is under control of a Supreme Leader that is supposed to be a democracy and Venezuela and Cuba are actually dictatorships. But...

Tony Montana escaped Cuba to achieve the American Dream. But his idea of the American Dream is vastly different from majority of other immigrants. The film has many instances of strain theory. Strain theory was brought about by Robert K. Merton back in the 1930’s....

“When I was Puerto Rican” by Esmeralda Santiago is an autobiography that shows how Negi goes through many changes based on the challenges she endures by moving to new areas where society is different. Whether Negi was living in the Santurce, Macun, or Brooklyn, Santiago...

Beginning with the revolution of 1959 and continuing through the “special period” of economic crisis in the 1990s, various social and geo-political forces resulted in policy reforms that substantially impacted both the production and distribution of food in Cuba. These changes were driven first by...

I’m not a pioneer in my family when it comes to the medical field. My Grandfather is an established physician in Puerto Rico with experience in a district hospital. I have never seen someone so unyielding in their mission to make the world a better...

Cuba is divided in 14 capitals and the special city of Island of the Youth (former Island of Pines). Christopher Columbus was the first European to reach Cuba in 1492. During that period the natives people lived and work their way through by farming. They...

For many years the island of Cuba had been under strict Spanish control. The colony had lots of valuable land, a good population, and a growing sugar industry. However, as time went on, their desire to separate from Spain and become their own country became...

The Ministry of Health Jamaica in its National HIV/STI Program(NHP) confirms that the spread of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) has doubled among women compared with males between the late 90s and 2011(Ministry of Health Jamaica, 2011). These...

The documentary and adaption film, Life and Debt concretize the problematic and chaotic economy and social system of Jamaica, post-colonial time. The film, Life and Debt embodies some excerpts from a well-popular non-fiction text, “A Small Place” by Jamaica Kincaid, stories of individual Jamaicans, and...

“ There are many effects that the environment has on Cuba. Some problems include deforestation, pollution, climate change causing sea levels to rise and floods. Deforestation in Cuba was really bad in the early 2000s. Now they are trying to reforest areas because of how...

Puerto Rican Experiences. Culture, identity, and freedom have been major debatable issues among Puerto Ricans in the US. Since their recognition into the country, they now have the privileges to own properties and move freely within the country without restrictions. However, they still have some...