Gimme Culture

The whole of the Caribbean meets in this 37 square miles of undulating hills, mirror-faced ponds, and turquoise waters of the Caribbean Sea. From Guyanese and Surinamese to Puerto Ricans and Cubans; from Venezuelans and Colombians to Guadeloupians and St. Lucians, from Arubans and Curacaoleneans to Haitians and Dominicanos and from Trinidadians to Jamaicans… all live and work together on St. Martin in peace and harmony…What is beyond doubt is that every migrant group has contributed to this building project called St. Martin and consequently has every right to claim it as his home. If we look at the wider Caribbean, we would observe a similar phenomenon from Trinidad to Cuba and from Panama to the Dominican Republic: there is hardly any island that can deny the significant input of migrant labour particularly from the rest of the region – and most certainly beyond also.