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Caribbean & Central America - August 2020
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Violence and racial tensions as Trinidad heads to the polls
On 3 July, the prime minister of Trinidad & Tobago, Keith Rowley, called a general election for 10 August, just short of five years after his People’s National Movement (PNM) party came to power in September 2015 following a 23-18 seat victory over the People’s Partnership (PP) coalition led by then prime minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar (2010-2015) of the United National Congress (UNC). We explore the issues shaping the election which, at the time of writing, looks to have produced a victory for Rowley (see our sister publication Latin American Weekly Report [WR-20-32] for more discussion of this).
- Introduction
- GUATEMALA: Judges’ election sparks high level tensions
- NICARAGUA: International community piles on the pressure
- REGION: US under pressure to stop deportations
- REGION: Worrying times for agriculture in Central America
- TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Violence and racial tensions as Trinidad heads to the polls
- SURINAME: Tempered relief at the departure of Bouterse
- REGION: Finding a way forward for the Caribbean
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Abinader faces economic storm after winning election
- Economic Highlights