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1 | Caribbean: What Happened in 2012 (Part 1) | Karaiba: Inona No Nitranga Tamin'ny 2012 (Tapany 1) |
2 | This year, events in the Caribbean blogosphere were curiously bookended by hunger strikes. | Tamin'ity taona ity, nifarana tamin'ny fitokonana tsy hihinan-kanina izay nahavaka ny saina, ireo tranga tao amin'ny tontolon'ny bilaogy Karaiba. |
3 | In January 2012, Cuban prisoner of conscience Wilman Villar Mendoza died as a result of a hunger strike he had undertaken about two months before. | Tamin'ny Janoary 2012, maty noho ny fitokonana tsy hihinan-kanina nataony nandritra ny roa volana tany aloha ilay Kiobana iray gadra noho ny firehany, Wilman Villar Mendoza. |
4 | On December 5, 2012, Trinidadian environmental activist Dr. Wayne Kublalsingh ended his own 21-day hunger strike based on assurances that the government, the Highway Re-route Movement and various civil society groups would undertake an independent study about the section of proposed highway his lobby group was against. | Tamin'ny 5 Desambra 2012, namarana ny 21 nitokanany tsy hihinan-kanina ny Dr. Wayne Kublalsingh, teratany avy ao Trinidad mafàna fo amin'ny resaka tontolo iainana , niainga avy amin'ny fanomezan-toky azony fa hampanao fanadihadiana tsy miankina mikasika ny ampahan-dàlana natolotra izay nolavin'ny vondrona misy azy ny governemanta, ny Hetsika “Highway re-route”, na “Hetsika familiana soritra ilay lalambe migodàna) ary ireo Vondrom-piarahamonim-pirenena sivily isan-karazany. |
5 | This resorting to hunger strike speaks volumes about the frustration many Caribbean citizens feel about their ability to have their voices heard. | Milaza ny hamaron'ny hadisoam-panatenana tsapan'ny vahoaka Karaibeana mikasika ny fahaizan'izy ireo mihaino ny feony ity firohotana any amin'ny fitokonanana tsy hihinan-kanina ity. |
6 | Here is a look back - by country - at some of the regional issues that generated meaningful online discussion this year… | Ity misy jery todika - isam-pirenena - eo amin'ny olana sasany amin'ny faritra izay niteraka resabe misy lanjany teo amin'ny aterineto tamin'ity taona ity… |
7 | The Bahamas Elections were the hot topic of interest in the Bahamian blogosphere this year, with netizens weighing in here and here, after the results were out. | Bahamas Ny Fifidianana no lohahevitra mafana nahaliana ny tontolon'ny bilaogy Bahamiana tamin'ity taona ity, miaraka amin'ny mpisera anaty aterineto midikiditra etsy sy eroa, rehefa nivoaka ny valim-pifidianana. |
8 | The country got a new government: the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), which previously occupied the opposition bench in Parliament, was voted into power in what bloggers called a “landslide” victory. | Nahazo governemanta vaovao ny firenena: ny Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), izay nitazona ny toeran'ny mpanohitra teo aloha teo amin'ny Parlemanta, no lany teo amin'ny fahefana izay antsoin'ny mpitoraka bilaogy hoe fandresena “mandravarava / miendrika tany mihotsaka”. |
9 | Cuba An economic embargo that has been in place for half a century seems almost unbelievable, but that's the reality that Cuban bloggers were discussing on the 50th anniversary of the United States' embargo against the island. | Kioba Saika tsy azo hinoana ny fahirano ara-toekarena nisy efa ho dimampolo taona, nefa izany no zava-nisy tany izay resahan'ireo Kiobana mpitoraka bilaogy tamin'ny faha50 taonan'ny fahirano nataon'i Etazonia tamin'ilay nosy. |
10 | The most interesting part? | Ny ampahany tena mahaliana ve? |
11 | The difference in perspective between Cubans still living in Cuba and those who are part of the diaspora. | Ny mahasamihafa ny fomba fijerin'ny Kiobana izay mbola monina ao Kioba sy ireo isan'ny any ampielezana. |
12 | The papal visit to Cuba in March also caused a lot of furor in the Cuban blogosphere, with many seeing the pontiff's trip as the Vatican's endorsement of the Castro regime, despite its questionable human rights record. | Niteraka fahavitrihana betsaka ihany koa teo amin'ny tontolon'ny bilaogy Kiobana ny Fitsidihan'ny Papa Ray Masina tany Kioba tamin'ny volana Martsa, nahitàna marobe nandray ny dian'ny Papa ho fanohanan'i Vatikana ny fitondran' i Castro, na dia eo aza rakitra mampiahiahy momba ny zon'olombelona ananany. |
13 | Alienating bloggers further was the inability of the pontiff to meet with local opposition groups; the entire situation came to a head when the Archbishop of Havana asked that protesters who were demanding freedom for political prisoners and an end to the persecution of opponents of the regime, be forcibly removed from a church. | Ny tsikeran'ny mpitoraka bilaogy adaladala taty aorina dia ny tsy nahafahan'ny Papa nihaona tamin'ireo vondron'ny mpanohitra tao an-toerana; nivoatra ny raharaha rehetra rehefa nangatahan'ny Archbishop-n'i Havana ireo mpanao fihetsiketsehana izay nitaky ny fahafahana ho an'ny gadra politika sy ny fanajanonana ny fanenjehana ireo mpanohitra ny fitondrana, mba ho esorina tsotra izao amin'ny fiangonana. |
14 | Statements the Archbishop made afterwards did not help matters. | Tsy dia misy dikany intsony avy eo ny fanambarana nataon'ny Archbishop taorin'izay. |
15 | Pope Benedict XVI; CC image by Catholic Church (England and Wales) | Papa Benoit XVI; CC sary avy amin'ny Fiangonana katolika (Angletera sy Pays de Galles) |
16 | In May, Cuban bloggers were talking about Mariela Castro's visit to the United States in her capacity as the Director of the country's Centro Nacional de Educación Sexual (National Center for Sex Education), as well as the state of human rights on the island, following a request for information by the United Nations‘ Committee Against Torture with regard to alleged human rights abuses. | Tamin'ny volana May, niresaka mikasika ny fitsidihan'i Mariela Castro any Etazonia ny mpitoraka bilaogy Kiobana, mikasika ny fahaiza-manaony raha Mpitantana ny Centro Nacional de Educación Sexual-n'ny firenena (Ivo-toeram-panabeazana Nasionaly hoan'ny fitaovam-pananahana), ary koa ny toeran'ny zon'olombelona eo amin'ny nosy, arahina fangatahana fanazavana avy amin'ny Komitin'ny Firenena Mikambana Manohitra ny Fampijaliana sy ny fijerena ny fanararaotana ny zon'olombelona voavingavinga. |
17 | Press freedom on the island also came under scrutiny. | Tonga niaraka tamin'ny fanadihadihana lalina ihany koa ny haino aman-jerin'ny fahalalahana eo amin'ny nosy. |
18 | A more optimistic note was hit when bloggers got excited about Cuba's Click Festival, which focused on Internet and Society in Cuba, and the role technology can play in the country's future. | Naoty iray tsara kokoa no hita raha tena sondrina tamin'ny Click Festival tany Kioba ireo mpitoraka bilaogy,izay nifantoka tamin'ny Aterineto sy ny Fiarahamonina tany Kioba, ary ny anjara asan'ny teknolojia izay tokony hananana ny toerany eo amin'ny hoavin'ny firenena. |
19 | French-speaking Caribbean One of the biggest points of discussion in the Haitian blogosphere this year was the Jean-Claude Duvalier trial. | Karaiba miteny Frantsay Iray amin'ny ireo lohahevitra lehibe tamin'ny resaky ny tontolon'ny bilaogy Haitiana tamin'ity taona ity ny fitsarana an'i Jean-Claude Duvalier. |
20 | At the end of January 2012, the investigative magistrate looking into human rights charges against Haiti's ousted dictator “Baby Doc”, came to the decision that “the statute of limitations had run out” on those human rights abuses - but not on Duvalier's misappropriation of public funds. | Tamin'ny faran'ny volana Janoary 2012, namoaka ny fanapahan-kevitra ny mpitsara mpanao famotorana izay nandinika ny zon'olombelona nanamelohana ny mpanao didy jadona farany tany Haiti i “Baby Doc”, fa “efa tapitra ny fotoam-panenjehana voafetran'ny lalàna” amin'ireo fanararaotana ny zon'olombelona ireo - fa kosa tsy amin'ny fanodikodinam-bolam-panjakana nataon'i Duvalier. |
21 | Haitians, both on the island and throughout the diaspora, watched as the greater charges against the formerly feared dictator fell away and he headed to court for what was essentially a slap on the wrist for financial impropriety. | Hitan'ireo Haitiana, na ny ao amin'ny nosy izany na ireo any am-pielezana, fa voafàfa mora foana ny heloka lehibe niampangana ity mpanao didy jadona nampahatahotra teo aloha ity ary ny nandehanany tany amin'ny fitsaràna dia nahazoany zara fa sazy tamin'ny fanodikodinam-bola tsy mazava. |
22 | Wyclef Jean; CC image by jdlasica | Wyclef Jean; CC sary nalain'i jdlasica |
23 | In August, the island was hit by Tropical Storm Isaac and two months later, a storm of a different nature took hold as musician and activist Wyclef Jean's defunct charity Yéle Haiti faced various allegations of financial impropriety. | Tamin'ny Aogositra, tratry ny Rivo-doza tropikaly Isaac ny nosy ary roa volana taty aoriana, rivodoza karazany hafa indray no nitranga satria niatrika karazana fiampangana mikasika fanodikodinam-bola tsy mazava ny Yéle Haiti, fikambanana mpanao asa soa an'ilay mpanakanto sady mafana fo Wyclef Jean. |
24 | That same month, Mother Nature once again took a toll on Haiti in the form of Hurricane Sandy. | Tamin'io volana io ihany koa dia namela takaitra indray tao Haiti ny natiora, tamin'ny endrika rivodoza goavana Sandy. |
25 | Issues of ethnicity, national identity, religion and immigration were once again raised with bloggers from Martinique and Guadeloupe, following some controversial political statements as well as the “Miss Black France” beauty contest. | Dia mbola navoakan'ireo mpitoraka bilaogy avy any Martinik sy Goadalopy indray koa ny olana ara-poko, ny fiaviana ara-pirenena, finoana sy ny fifindra-monina, taorian'ireo fanambaràna ara-politika sasany nahabe resaka ary koa ny fifaninanana hatsaran-tarehy “Miss Black France”. |
26 | One of the most controversial posts of the year came from Martinique, about the alleged cancellation of the release of the American movie “Think Like A Man” in French movie theaters, which also raised questions about race and ethnicity. | Avy any Martinika ny iray amin'ireo lahatsoratra tena niadian-kevitra be indrindra, mikasika ny filazana fanafoanana ny famoahana ilay horonantsary Amerikana “Think Like A Man” tany amin'ireo trano fijerena sarimihetsika an-dry zareo Frantsay , izay niteraka ihany koa fanontaniana maro mikasika ny foko sy ny firazanana. |
27 | The debate continued following the French presidential elections; there was discussion as to whether Francois Hollande's new government - in which he had promised an equal number of women and men and ministers, and from all ethnic and cultural backgrounds - was appointing ministers for their competence or as ethnic tokens. | Nitohy ny adihevitra taorian'ny fifidianana ny filoham-pirenena Frantsay; nisy ny resadresaka toy ny hoe ny governemanta vaovaon'i Francois Hollande - izay nampanantena fa hampitovy isa ny lahy sy ny vavy sy ny ministera, ary avy amin'ny foko sy ny kolotsaina rehetra - ve hanendry ireo ministra noho ny fahaiza-manaony sa noho ny foko misy azy. |
28 | Read the second part of this post to find out more about what happened this year in Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. | Vakio ny tapany faharoa amin'ity lahatsoratra ity hahitàna misimisy kokoa izay niseho tamin'ity taona ity tany Goiana, Jamaika ary Trinidada sy Tobago. |