Jan Voordouw
@janvoordouw.bsky.social
Seeing the inter-connectedness in it all. Ecologist. Born 316 ppm. Freelance development evaluator, based Haiti & Jamaica. Immigrant into the Caribbean. English/Français/Español/Nederlands
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A Poem from the Poet Laureate of Jamaica, Professor Kwame Dawes In Response to Hurricane Melissa petchary.wordpress.com/2025/12/05/a...
A Poem from the Poet Laureate of Jamaica, Professor Kwame Dawes In Response to Hurricane Melissa
Jamaica’s Poet Laureate is the poet and writer Kwame Dawes, OD. He is the George W. Holmes University Professor of English at the University of Lincoln-Nebraska and is involved in a whole ran…
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December 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
A Poem from the Poet Laureate of Jamaica, Professor Kwame Dawes In Response to Hurricane Melissa petchary.wordpress.com/2025/12/05/a...
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The Ortega-Murillo march of environmental destruction continues: Forest loss, fires and invasions soar in Nicaraguan wildlife refuge, watchdog warns news.mongabay.com/2025/12/fore...
Forest loss, fires and invasions soar in Nicaraguan wildlife refuge, watchdog warns
The Río San Juan Wildlife Refuge, one of the most important protected areas in Nicaragua, is facing an unprecedented environmental crisis, according to a new report. Illegal deforestation, encroachmen...
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December 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The Ortega-Murillo march of environmental destruction continues: Forest loss, fires and invasions soar in Nicaraguan wildlife refuge, watchdog warns news.mongabay.com/2025/12/fore...
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Heavily armed gangs attacked Haiti’s central region over the weekend, killing men, women and children as the gangs set fire to homes and forced survivors to flee into the darkness.
Gangs launch large-scale attack in Haiti’s central region as hundreds flee gunfire and burning homes | CNN
Heavily armed gangs attacked Haiti’s central region over the weekend, killing men, women and children as the gangs set fire to homes and forced survivors to flee into the darkness.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Just 515 votes difference between the two top candidates…
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Honduras election on a knife edge as Trump-backed man slightly ahead - BBC News
The US president is threatening to cut aid to Honduras if his favoured right-wing presidential candidate does not win.
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December 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Just 515 votes difference between the two top candidates…
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Restoring criminal libel would be a huge step back for our country .
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‘Absolutely not’
Senior figures within Jamaica’s media landscape have strongly rejected a call from a government lawmaker to reinstate criminal libel, arguing that such a move would roll back hard-won press freedoms s...
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December 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Restoring criminal libel would be a huge step back for our country .
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Trump’s pardon of Honduras’s ex-president shows counter-drug effort is ‘based on lies and hypocrisy’
Trump’s pardon of Honduras’s ex-president shows counter-drug effort is ‘based on lies and hypocrisy’
Why has Trump blown up alleged narco boats in the Caribbean and at the same time decided to let a big time trafficker off the hook?
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December 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Trump’s pardon of Honduras’s ex-president shows counter-drug effort is ‘based on lies and hypocrisy’
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A World Weather Attribution study has found that the atmospheric and ocean conditions that led to the rapid intensification of #HurricaneMelissa were made six times more likely by climate change.
A World Weather Attribution study has found that the atmospheric and ocean conditions that led to the rapid intensification of #HurricaneMelissa were made six times more likely by climate change.
2025 Atlantic hurricane season ends: The five things that set this season apart
2025 was an unusual Atlantic hurricane season. Darren Bett explains what set this season apart from others.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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A World Weather Attribution study has found that the atmospheric and ocean conditions that led to the rapid intensification of #HurricaneMelissa were made six times more likely by climate change.
A World Weather Attribution study has found that the atmospheric and ocean conditions that led to the rapid intensification of #HurricaneMelissa were made six times more likely by climate change.
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Crime flourished in San Pedro Sula, and elsewhere in #Honduras, in part because the president himself was a narcotics trafficker. And Trump just pardoned him. #JuanOrlandoHernández
#ICE kidnapped Any Lucia López Belloza, a 19-year-old college student, in Boston's airport and deported her to #Honduras. I've reported in San Pedro Sula, and "rampant crime and insecurity" is an understatement. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
December 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Crime flourished in San Pedro Sula, and elsewhere in #Honduras, in part because the president himself was a narcotics trafficker. And Trump just pardoned him. #JuanOrlandoHernández
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Arranca el escrutinio en las elecciones de Honduras
Arranca el escrutinio en las elecciones de Honduras
En este país centroamericano no hay segunda vuelta y se convierte en presidente quien obtenga la mayoría simple de los votos.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Arranca el escrutinio en las elecciones de Honduras
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Disquieting, but not surprising really.
It is disquieting that our Caribbean leaders stay silent at a time that the threat of military conflict in our region is growing rapidly.
November 30, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Disquieting, but not surprising really.
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What Rosa Parks can teach us about resistance today | Jan-Werner Mueller
What Rosa Parks can teach us about resistance today | Jan-Werner Mueller
Rosa Park’s story is about courage. But, lest one forget, it is also a story about breaking the law
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November 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
What Rosa Parks can teach us about resistance today | Jan-Werner Mueller
It is disquieting that our Caribbean leaders stay silent at a time that the threat of military conflict in our region is growing rapidly.
November 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
It is disquieting that our Caribbean leaders stay silent at a time that the threat of military conflict in our region is growing rapidly.
That an 8-year old cannot join her mother is just incredible ! www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/11/28/u...
UK rejects visa for Jamaican child left homeless by Hurricane Melissa - Jamaica Observer
An eight-year-old Jamaican girl living with her grandmother, whose home was destroyed by Hurricane Melissa, will not be able to join her parents in the United Kingdom (UK) after her visa application w...
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November 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
That an 8-year old cannot join her mother is just incredible ! www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/11/28/u...
Ballots are currently being counted and the opposition seems ahead …. Change after 5 ULP terms?
Election of the Day: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Election of the Day: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Later today, the citizens of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines will elect a new House of Assembly. This legislative body has 21 members. 15 are elected in single member districts, first past the post. The remaining six are appointed by the electeds; 4 by the majority and 2 by the opposition. SVG has long had […]
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November 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Ballots are currently being counted and the opposition seems ahead …. Change after 5 ULP terms?
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For millions of Indigenous Americans, Thanksgiving is tied to a history of invasion, displacement, and devastation as settlers took over the land that is now the US aje.io/bb1ezw
Thanksgiving: A story of celebration and pain, in maps
It's a day to give thanks. But for millions of Indigenous Americans, it also serves as a reminder of loss.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
For millions of Indigenous Americans, Thanksgiving is tied to a history of invasion, displacement, and devastation as settlers took over the land that is now the US aje.io/bb1ezw
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Today is the 65th anniversary of the slaying of las hermanas Mirabal, killed by the regime of Dominican Republic dictator Rafael Trujillo. The anniversary of their deaths has become the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Today is the 65th anniversary of the slaying of las hermanas Mirabal, killed by the regime of Dominican Republic dictator Rafael Trujillo. The anniversary of their deaths has become the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
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Oh hey, Jamaica is now competitive in bobsleigh, and won gold at the North American Cup
Jamaica achieves first-ever international bobsleigh triumph with four-man gold in Whistler
Canadians notch gold and silver in two-woman event, silver and bronze in four-man
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November 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Oh hey, Jamaica is now competitive in bobsleigh, and won gold at the North American Cup
