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Background: Jamaica gained full independence within the British Commonwealth in 1962. Deteriorating economic conditions during the 1970s led to recurrent violence and a drop off in tourism. Elections in 1980 saw the democratic socialists voted out of office. Political violence marred elections during the 1990s.



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Having left Panama behind with the delay of our plane, our entrance into Jamaica would not be too simple either. Stace's friend Rachel joined us in Jamaica for the two weeks we were there before heading to Canada to work with the other two. She had to wait longer because of our delay and for stupid reasons she was still in immigration when we arrived off the plane. They would not let her through because she did not know the address that we were staying at. They then stopped Paul, Stace and I as well for a whole bunch of relevant [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 12th 2008 | 39 Views | [diary=322799]


I get up early this morning -- the earliest I've had to wake up yet. 5:30am. Start showering. No water pressure. Get out, only slip once. Ask for them to turn on the water pump. Get downstairs at 6:30am and our taxi is already waiting. Rocky couldn't meet us this morning so he sent "Double Zero." We start heading to Spanishtown bypass, where we were instructed to head to meet the woman from the Ministry of Health. She said we should call her in the morning on our drive there and she would give us further instruction. I call her as [View Full Entry]

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