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“A View From The Trenches: The Trinidad Economy As Reflected In Visa Applicants”

28-Aug-11

The below is a fascinating Wikileaks cable from 2008, sent by the US embassy in POS to the secretary of state in DC and outlining the average economic and educational status of applicants for US visas. I’ve added any bold. SUBJECT: A VIEW FROM THE TRENCHES: THE TRINIDAD ECONOMY AS REFLECTED IN VISA APPLICANTS REF: [...]

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The utter shamelessness of Kevan Gibbs and the TT Guardian

28-Jan-11

Compare: Baby Doc Duvalier’s return evokes Haiti’s dark past – BBC (Jan 19 2011) Papa Doc first came to power in 1957, when he is said to have won free and fair elections. A popular figure at first, he became increasingly authoritarian and eccentric, keeping control of the country thanks to the sinister Tontons Macoutes [...]

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With high hopes for 2011…

01-Jan-11

Come on T&T. Let’s do better than we have done before. Let’s not give Minshall cause to deplore the country’s path afresh: November 4 2007 / Trinidad Guardian I look on in silence as a rising tide of ignorance threatens to engulf the island people. The promise and potential of an Athens of the New [...]

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