Category Archive: Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago’s Dirty Peg to the U.S. Dollar and Inflation Galore: Fateful Days for the Economy

Trinidad and Tobago’s roaring economy has almost reached full-capacity, and now threatens to burst Without reining in the inflation rate and loosening its artificial peg to the U.S. dollar, valuable gains in Trinidadian and Tobagonian international trade could be wiped …

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Callousness Redefined: How EU and U.S. Economic Policies Spell a Bitter End for the Caribbean’s Sugar Industry

The frustration of Caribbean nations over the European Commission’s (EC) preliminary decision last year to cut the preferential price it pays for the region’s sugar was hardened by yesterday’s elaboration of the proposal. The European Union’s (EU) decision, prompted by …

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Trinidad’s Dirty Little Secret

COMING MONDAY, JULY 12: “Otto Reich: A Career in Disservice” • Port-of-Spain, the “cultural capital of the Caribbean,” appears to be importing a dangerous kidnapping culture from neighboring countries such as Colombia and Venezuela. • Trinidad Prime Minister Patrick Manning …

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