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Autism Chronicles from Jamaica
By Maia Chung
My name is Maia Chung and I am the mother of three sons. They are Wickham 14, Cinquain 12 and Quinn 10.
Quinn has Autism.
We live in Jamaica which is located in the Caribbean for those of you who have never h
This year there has been more meetings than actual events when it comes to “Looshan Carnival” 2010, leaving more than just a bitter tastes in the mouths of many over the event which supposedly has a tag line “nothing sweeter than that.” Money and th
In a nod to the national team, Bafana Bafana ("boys boys" in Zulu), the grannies called themselves Vakhegula Vakhegula ("grandmothers grandmothers" in Tsonga). (Dominic Barnardt, Getty Images / June 18, 2010)Reporting from Nkowankowa, South Africa —
Damaris De Luna Sanchez, right, and a schoolmate study Chinese at Pedro Garcia Rojas elementary in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Students take five hours a week of Mandarin, four hours a week of English.As China swiftly expands its reach across Latin Amer
A child holds a Brazilian flag in his lap as he watches a World Cup soccer match between Brazil and North Korea from his father's tire repair shop in a low income neighborhood on the outskirts of Brasilia. (Eraldo Peres, Associated Press / June 15, 2
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday June 4, 2010 – The Barbados government has announced plans for the establishment of a National Park, stretching from the north to the east of the island, as a priority. It would run from Archer's Bay in St Lucy to the fi
Canada has agreed that when the G-20 leaders gather in Toronto later this month, it would outline CARICOM’s position on the crippling effects of the global financial crisis on the region and to support its calls for reform
In cooperation with the government of St Vincent, the Sanctuary maintains a captive breeding population of St Vincent Amazon parrots, one of the rarest parrots on earth with fewer than 600 living in the wild.
Six years ago, Kevin Sargeant's mother would have described him as "a broken child." Now, Kevin is doing an IT internship, and he plans to attend college this fall.
A mango seller in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, prepares to leave at the end of the day. She ties up the packaging that was used to transport mangoes to the market. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times Reporting from Saut d'Eau, Haiti — —
A mango trapper muscl
