This inter-island spat, however, is a sideshow to the real threats to the brand.

ECONOMIST: Knitwear

The West Indies cricket team, once a world-beating symbol of Caribbean unity, has been brought low by inter-island squabbles.

ECONOMIST: Half a century of small islands with big egos

It examines how there is a new opportunity for civil society activists to direct attention towards possible humanitarian gaps as regards Haitian migrant women who have crossed the border, helping inter alia to strengthen protection measures across the island, in part because the issue of gender violence in Haiti has become more visible than previously.

UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences