Tag: Trinidad
Race Politics in Trinidad & Tobago
AFRICANGLOBE - One of the ultimate, stupid, insipid, divisive, dysfunctional, Euro-centric variables that has reared its ugly head is the issue of race in the upcoming Tobago House of Assembly elections.
At the outset, it must be emphasized categorically that the public “Calcutta ship” no-brainer, rubbish, diatribe vomited by Mr. Hilton Sandy only speaks volumes as to his utter myopic, ignorance and Euro-centric mis-understanding of Euro-colonial history; that is, the relationship between the European colonizer and the colonized in the Caribbean.
Trinidad PM Says Police Thwarted Assassination Plot
Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said today the country’s law enforcement officials foiled a plot involving army soldiers and police officers to assassinate her and other government officials. Speaking at a nationally televised press conference, the prime minister offered few details of the alleged plot. But she described it as a “reprisal” for a state of emergency she imposed three months ago to halt a surge in violent crime tied to the drug trade.
