Tag Archives: Caribbean Politics

Karl Hudson-Phillips remains one of the most influential legal and political figures in the history of Trinidad and Tobago and the wider Commonwealth Caribbean. A distinguished barrister, former Attorney General, parliamentarian and judge of the International Criminal Court, he built a career defined by constitutional law, public service and international …

Eric Williams remains the most influential Caribbean historian and political intellectual of the twentieth century, with literary works that transformed global understanding of slavery, colonialism, capitalism, Caribbean identity, and decolonisation. His publications reshaped Atlantic historiography, challenged imperial narratives, and established the Caribbean as a serious field of academic inquiry. From …

The Treaty of Chaguaramas established CARICOM and remains the central framework for Caribbean economic integration, regional diplomacy, and collective development. Signed in Trinidad and Tobago on July 4, 1973, the treaty emerged from the collapse of the West Indies Federation and the urgent need for newly independent Caribbean states to …

CLR James remains one of the most influential Caribbean intellectuals of the 20th century, shaping global debates on revolution, colonialism, race, sport, democracy and human freedom. Born in colonial Trinidad in 1901, Cyril Lionel Robert James evolved from a gifted schoolboy and cricket writer into an internationally respected historian, Marxist …

The West Indian Federation was the Caribbean’s most ambitious attempt at political unity, created to unite British colonies into a single independent nation before collapsing under economic tensions, constitutional weakness and insular nationalism. Formed in 1958 and dissolved only four years later, the Federation of the West Indies represented Britain’s …

Amidst the intricate tapestry of Caribbean geopolitics, the spectre of war between Guyana and Venezuela casts an ominous shadow over neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago. As territorial disputes and resource claims continue to escalate, the potential ramifications for Trinidad and Tobago’s political stability, economic prosperity, and regional security are dire and …