HISTORICAL FACTS: Trinidad - The Untold Story

Mighty Sparrow obituary

Trinidadian singer and songwriter hailed as a living legend and the greatest calypsonian of all time

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28

Nearly 4m records of enslaved people in 20 former British colonies now searchable online

Exclusive: Collection’s 300,000 pages record lives of enslaved people in countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa and Trinidad

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22

Trinidad and Tobago ends long state of emergency as anger mounts over arrests

Trinidad and Tobago has ended a lengthy state of emergency, raising concerns about potential violence

The Independent UK · Sep 17

Ian McDonald obituary

Trinidad-born author and poet whose novel The Humming-Bird Tree is a classic of Caribbean literature

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28

Trinidad and Tobago signs agreements with US companies paving way for data centers in the Caribbean

Data centers could account for nearly 3% of the world’s projected electricity use by 2030, according to a recent United Nations University report

The Independent UK · Jul 11

UK judges begin hearing appeal over Trinidad and Tobago anti-gay law

Activist is challenging ruling last year that restored colonial-era homophobic law against same-sex intimacy

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8

‘He saw signs saying No Blacks – but he never got bitter’: Sterling Betancourt, the man who brought steelpan music to the UK

Moving to the UK in the 1950s, the Trinidadian musician endured racism and built his own instruments from waste. After his death aged 96, his widow recalls his patience and positivity

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8

Gay sex is a crime in several countries. A London court could change that

Gay sex is a crime in Grenada, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and St. Vincent and the Grenadines

The Independent UK · Jul 8

‘A very angry gay man’: activist’s 11-year fight to overturn Trinidad’s homophobic laws reaches final hurdle

Privy council in London to decide on Jason Jones’s challenge to legislation against same-sex intimacy

The Guardian - UK · Jul 7

Texas mom collected water complaints from neighbors on Facebook and sent them to the state. Then police showed up

She allegedly spent hours in jail over a Facebook post.

We Got This Covered · Jun 12