Are they capable?

I asked one question in my previous post. with the intent of having people reply to me with researched and accurate information and answers.

And some of the comments accused me of spreading division

When you read reddit comments here you will see that this division is a product of some us in the community. some of us refuse to learn something new about another places culture just because some of yall want to keep this as an exclusive club.

I say this because i checked the profiles of the people who criticized me and i had seen a history and posts of them being completely excluding some countries out of the caribbean. and arguing with people based on their feelings.

No hard stuff for the good ones here. the issue comes when you create a problem and then you blame everything but yourself but still perpetuating it and instigating it

I know we are a beautiful community here but sometimes we have to talk about the harder things and acknowledge it so we can have more unity within our community. and especially lets drop our political propaganda that divides us too

My partner and I are planning a trip to central america, we like experiencing new cultures, good food and clear water. My options are Puerto Viejo/Limon Costa Rica, Antigua and Lake atitlan Guatemala, Roatan Honduras, Ambergis Caye Belize, Bocas del Toro Panama, Peru (Lima and cusco).

We're worried about hurricane season and rain and vibes in general. What place is most beautiful during this time? There's mixed answers on the Internet. Or is central america just not worth it during this time and I should do a February trip instead?

Should I do Albania or Italy instead?

I'm Guyanese of Afro/Creole descent - in the context of my nation, from a prominent, historic family on my maternal side.

While Guyana had a MAJOR shift in the late 1970s through 1980s - with many of the old Afro and Creole elite migrating out to the UK and America - before then, and prior to independence (particularly from the late 19th Century), there had been a long established middle and upper class group comprised of this group: https://www.reddit.com/r/Guyana/s/kJ58ttjGvw

With the rapid changes thereafter, the Afro elite can still be observed prominently in the military, education and law fields - but to a lesser extent in current political leadership and business.

Is the elite in your country currently mainly comprised of Black men and women?

For me it be:

• Cape Verde
• Fiji
• Samoa
• Mauritius
• Seychelles
• Maldives
• Malaysia

I am asking specifically about these countries that gets debated. i want a nuanced and clean answer on how caribbean would you say it is

DR 🇩🇴
Cuba 🇨🇺
PR 🇵🇷
Belize 🇧🇿
Guyana 🇬🇾
Suriname 🇸🇷
Bermuda 🇧🇲
Barbados 🇧🇧
Honduras 🇭🇳
Nicaragua 🇳🇮
Costa Rica 🇨🇷
Panama 🇵🇦
Colombia 🇨🇴
Venezuela 🇻🇪

and then the countries with smaller coastlines in the caribbean like
Mexico 🇲🇽
Guatemala 🇬🇹

Theres many debates because “oh they are not part of caricom” or “only the islands count” or “the caribbean culture is not nationalized” or
“they are in the Atlantic Ocean” what would yall say?

As i went home and looked up to the sky, i always asked myself this question. I mean I wont mind if partner bullies me

I will be traveling with older family members (70 and 75). They want to go to a caribbean island. One of them want to do a lot of relaxing on beaches and the other wants to visit museums and historical sites. However, the older one can't do a lot of walking on hilly terrain. Which caribbean islands should I consider? By the way, they visited Jamaica several times, Curacao, and Antigua.

I am planing on doing a comic story center around cultures and one of the most important elements of the story is jumbies/duppies. The story is set in a world where zombies have replace living workers, the body of the dead is use as slaves for the rich and powerful with only people with money can buy they way into a restless afterlife. The main character is a zombie who regain autonomy of his own body and the ability to see jumbies after eating a brain (I know this Hollywood bs but I like that it make thematic sense). Partner with a female jumbie, both the character set off to on a mission, to figure out who they was when they was alive. Thoughtout the story the main characters from a group with other monsters and explore the world hidden from humans.

I have some ideas of what I want to do like a hidden kingdom run by papa bois and mama dlo meant to protect the animals and maidens of the forest and rivers. Others includes the chupacabras, which kinda fill the role as vampires as in they power beings who a lines with humans to keep their activities hidden and moko jumbies which I can only discribe as a cult. I right now trying to figure out villains can be and jumbies that could tie into the main villains of this world (greedy rich elites).

I’m not Caribbean, but my boyfriend is Trini (born and raised). When I met his mum in Trinidad last year I was kind of shocked about how anti-LGBT+ they were. My bf’s and my best friends are lesbians and his mum said it was “disgusting”.

My family are Muslim so I’m used to religious people having kind of homophobic views but even my family aren’t overtly homophobic like my bf’s family who are Pentecostal Christian. Maybe because we are British-Pakistani and live in a country where LGBT+ people can get married. So my family are usually either pro LGBT+ or just don’t comment on it if they are homophobic.

My bf said he was raised homophobic and it wasn’t until he moved to the UK and had gay friends that he unlearnt his biases!

I’m curious how common being homophobic and transphobic is in your country?

I am a linguist, and I have a website where I collect expressions and words from all over the world, especially ones that are regional, and I know the caribbean has some amazing expressions/slang, so I would love to know, what is a word or expression that only people from your island?

Religion plays a part in it but man the older folks and some of the relatively younger gens think mental health is a joke..which is crazy let’s talk about it 💁🏾‍♂️

Like, when you ask someone(not from the Caribbean ofc) which countries they know or been to usually a handful always get mention like: Barbados, Trinidad, Jamaica, Bahamas, Cuba and a few more. So people not from these islands do you think your country goes ‘unnoticed’ in this regard and do you feel like you have something unique to over💙(This being regionally more recognized or globally)

Im researching about african american religions and im searching about vodoo in those three countries and i have a series of questions.

1.How wideaspread it is in each country?

2. In Cuba how much of Vodoo/ arara is sincretized with Santeria

3. Do you have any experience with it

4. Practices in 21 divisions and Arara/cuban vodoo which arent as documented as Haitian vodoo

Thanks in advance

All these islands have the perfect geographic location of becoming a Trading empire but none of them became one.

Historically its actually hotspot of trading powers ,for example, British East India Company(I know that argument sounds off putting).

Even the island nation of Indonesia have a monopoly in Africa specifically instant noodles called Indomie.

Why can't Caribbean do something to what Indonesia is doing?

As someone who sat cxc mathematics twice and didn't pass im rethinking to go back a 3rd time but in January 2027 yes that time frame is very short so im especially not confident but im very bad at mathematics like actually so my biggest question is how did people who got grade 3s and above how did u pass it

What’s your ranking of the Caribbean countries with the best food excluding your own? Justify your ranking.

Do you guys attend Caribbean events, parties, fetes, or parades? When I see videos of these events I always see the rest of the Caribbean communities such as Jamaicans, Trinis, Guyanese, Haitians, etc at these events and music from those countries always get played but I never see the Hispanic Caribbean communities at these events or their music being played. However I always and only see Cubans, Puerto Ricans, and Dominicans at Latin American spaces and events with the mainland Latin Americans.

How do I actually make friends here?

I’m 22 (f) gonna be 23 and I only really have acquaintances. I’ve tried connect events, coffee shops, yoga classes etc but nothing has really worked out long term. I still talk to some people that I’ve befriended but I’m not actually friends with them (if that makes sense). I still talk to people that I went to sec and uni with now and again but I’m not close with anyone. I’m trying to make at least one new friend before the year ends.

Any tips would be helpful

Edit: A little bit about me…I love anything outdoors, animals, long walks, gym 5x per week, reading, recent business graduate, pescatarian, traveling, trying new things (I’ll do anything at least once), introverted but can be extroverted depending on how comfortable I am w you. Not a big drinker or party person but I’m outside during carnival and maybe once or twice outside of that. Also from South

Whats your opinion on them ?