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T+T Leading Team-Caribbean in the Fight Against Venezuelan Aggression

Evidence of how small states can rally together for a noble cause, can be seen in the banding together of CARICOM (Caribbean Community) countries in their move to back Guyana in the fight against claims by Venezuela over its massive, mineral-rich Essequibo region. It is a battle in which even national musical icon Machel Montano …

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Why Spoilt Brats Like China and the USA Should Not be Playing War Games with Other People’s Lives with Help from the UN

One of the long-standing stories that pervade the rich folklore of the tiny, twin-island  Caribbean Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (1.4 million people on 1,864 square miles of land),  relates how – during a heated election campaign in the 1970s –  the two main opposing political parties here once  found themselves directly confronting each other  …

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T+T Now One Step Further in the Journey to Take Her Rightful Place as the True Leader of the United Nations

For those who could “see”, a super-bright star hurtled resplendently across the  sky on the night of June 1 2023 with the announcement that Dennis Francis, a Trini “of humble beginnings”, was elected to serve as President of the United Nations General Assembly, effective June 14, 2023. The collectively cool but robust response generated by …

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Tiny T+T’s Dangerous Game of Playing with Elephants while avoiding the big Squeeze

The tiny Caribbean twin-island democratic republic of Trinidad and Tobago (Population approximately 1.6 million people on 1,864 square feet of land ) has suddenly found herself involved in an incredibly dangerous game of diplomatic and trade histrionics with the USA and China , the world’s two socio-political giants who seem bent on force- feeding the young, …

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T+T in Another Big Move to Becoming HQ of the UNGA

It’s the eve of Easter Sunday when Christians will celebrate  the earth-shaking event of the   crucifixion of the Christian king of kings, even as the tiny twin-island Caribbean democratic  republic of Trinidad and Tobago (1.million of the world’s most ethnically  diverse people located  in 1,864 square feet of land) navigates another daring, ambitious  curve …

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Chinese Dragon Boats and Kung Fu Diplomacy Easing Through T+T’s Rough Waters in the Year of the Rabbit

As Trinidad’s northwestern Chaguaramas shoreline becomes festooned with dragon boats competing for attention in celebration of that country’s celebrations of the Year of the Rabbit – among other events today – the scene arouses fond memories of a warm relationship held by  two countries of greatly dissimilar size on either far side of the world. The …

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Why Young Trinis keep Running With the First in the World

While the recent  the announcement of  a Trini as VP of the international Nike company gives cause for celebration here, it’s even more comforting to  remind ourselves that Devi Bhadal is just the latest in a long line of TT- people who have been distinguishing themselves on the world stage for the last few years. …

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