Portal:Trinidad and Tobago

Main Indices Projects Trinidad and Tobago Portal Flag of Trinidad and Tobago The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is a country located at the southern tip of the Caribbean. It borders the countries of Grenada and Venezuela. It was the first Caribbean country to host the Summit of the Americas. It shares maritime boundaries with other nations including Barbados to the northeast, Guyana to the southeast, and Venezuela to the south and west. A treaty between the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the Republic of Venezuela on the delimitation of marine and submarine areas, 18 April 1990. The country covers an area of 5,128 square kilometres (1,980 sq mi) and consists of two eponymous main islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous smaller landforms. Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the main islands; Tobago is much smaller, comprising about 6% of the total area and 4% of the entire population which is estimated at 1.3 million (2005). Unlike most of the English-speaking Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago's economy is primarily industrial with an emphasis on petroleum and petrochemicals. Trinidad and Tobago is well known for its African and Indian cultures, reflected in its large and famous Carnival, Diwali, and Hosay celebrations, as well being the birthplace of steelpan, the limbo, and music styles such as calypso, soca, rapso, parang, chutney, and chutney soca. More about Trinidad and Tobago ... Selected article - Tomas near peak intensity while approaching Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on October 30 Hurricane Tomas was a moderately powerful late-season tropical cyclone which is the latest Atlantic hurricane on record in the calendar year to strike the Windward Islands. The nineteenth named storm and twelfth hurricane of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season, Tomas developed from a tropical wave east of the Windward Islands on October 29. Quickly intensifying into a hurricane, it moved through the Windward Islands and passed over Saint Lucia. After reaching Category 2 status on the Saffir–Simpson scale, Tomas quickly weakened to a tropical storm in the central Caribbean Sea, due to strong wind shear and dry air. Tomas later reintensified into a hurricane near the Windward passage. Along the hurricane's path, 44 fatalities occurred, 8 of whom were in Saint Lucia. In the wake of the storm in Haiti, flooding exacerbated a cholera outbreak, indirectly causing more fatalities. However, direct impacts from the hurricane in Haiti were less than anticipated. Overall damage from the storm was $463.4 million. (Full article...) List of selected articles Eric Williams Black Power Revolution Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt Crown Point, Tobago Scarborough, Tobago Pigeon Point, Tobago Learie Constantine Trinidad and Tobago at the 2008 Summer Olympics Queen's Park Oval Andre Boucaud Main Ridge, Tobago Kenwyne Jones Clifford Roach Andy Ganteaume Trinidad and Tobago at the 1994 Winter Olympics Nicki Minaj Trinidad and Tobago at the 1998 Winter Olympics Trinidad and Tobago at the 2002 Winter Olympics Music of the Lesser Antilles Culture of Trinidad and Tobago History of Tobago Music of Trinidad and Tobago Lalonde Gordon V. S. Naipaul Piarco International Airport Basdeo Panday History of the TT Pro League C. L. R. James Johnny Hamilton (basketball) TT Pro League Trevor McDonald A. N. R. Robinson Mighty Shadow Dwight Yorke Arima Point Fortin Couva San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago Chaguanas Attalea (plant) National Union of Freedom Fighters Joe Small (cricketer) Edwin St Hill Wilton St Hill Trinidad and Tobago at the 1994 Winter Olympics Trinidad and Tobago at the 1994 Winter Olympics Trinidad and Tobago at the 1998 Winter Olympics Trinidad and Tobago at the 2008 Summer Olympics The Jumbie Bird Winsford Devine Categories Category puzzle Select [►] to view subcategories Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago-related lists Buildings and structures in Trinidad and Tobago Culture of Trinidad and Tobago Economy of Trinidad and Tobago Education in Trinidad and Tobago Environment of Trinidad and Tobago Geography of Trinidad and Tobago Government of Trinidad and Tobago Health in Trinidad and Tobago History of Trinidad and Tobago Organisations based in Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago people Politics of Trinidad and Tobago Society of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago stubs Select [►] to view subcategories Tobago Archdeacons of Tobago Chief justices of Tobago Geography of Tobago History of Tobago People from Tobago Selected quote In the news 13 September 2024 – War on drugs in Ecuador Maria Daniela Icaza, director of the Litoral Penitentiary in Guayaquil, the largest prison in Ecuador and the site of the country's deadliest prison riot in 2021, is fatally shot in her vehicle by suspected drug cartel gunmen. (CBS News) 9 September 2024 – 2024 Brazil wildfires, 2023–2024 South American drought Fifty-nine percent of Brazil's area suffers from significant drought conditions, the worst national drought recorded. These conditions cause historically low Amazon basin levels and are contributing to at least 160,000 wildfires in 2024 that are causing widespread air pollution. (AP) 1 September 2024 – 2024 Brazil wildfires The number of wildfires in the Amazon rainforest reaches its highest number in fourteen years at 38,266 fire hotspots as a result of an ongoing drought in South America. (Reuters) 24 August 2024 – 2024 Brazil wildfires, 2023–2024 South American drought At least two people are killed at an industrial plant in Urupês after trying to control widespread wildfires impacting at least 30 cities in São Paulo state, Brazil. (Reuters) 22 August 2024 – 2024 Canada railway shutdown Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City lock out roughly 10,000 unionized railroad workers in Canada, leading to a railway stoppage that impacts many North American supply chains and may cost the economy of Canada C$341 million per day. (Reuters) 22 August 2024 – 2023–2024 South American drought 2024 Brazil wildfires WikiProject You are invited to participate in WikiProject Trinidad and Tobago, a WikiProject dedicated to developing and improving articles about Trinidad and Tobago. General images The following are images from various Trinidad and Tobago-related articles on Wikipedia. Red-billed tropicbird on Little Tobago. (from Tobago) Castara village beach (from Tobago) Tobago - August 2013 (1530) (from Tobago) St Giles Island, northernmost part of Trinidad and Tobago, a bird sanctuary (from Tobago) Castara Bay (from Tobago) Seventeenth-century map showing the fort of Nieuw Vlissingen. (from Tobago) Fishing - Tobago, West Indies (from Tobago) Location of Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean Nativity scene in Scarborough, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago. (from Culture of Trinidad and Tobago) Eric Williams, the first prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago (from History of Trinidad and Tobago) Pigeon Point, Tobago. (from Tobago) Divali Nagar in Chaguanas, Caroni County, Trinidad and Tobago. (from Culture of Trinidad and Tobago) Maha Shivratri festival (from Culture of Trinidad and Tobago) Green stone ceremonial axe. From shell midden, Mt Irvine Bay, Tobago, 1957 (from History of Trinidad and Tobago) Panoramic shot of Downtown Scarborough, Tobago (from Tobago) Temple in the Sea historical marker. (from History of Trinidad and Tobago) Tobago Cuisine - Crab and Dumplings (from Tobago) Moruga – Christopher Columbus monument. Columbus landed here on his third voyage in 1498. This is on the southern coast of the island of Trinidad, West Indies (from Trinidad) Historical parishes of Tobago (from Tobago) French attack on the British island of Tobago in 1781 with text. French painting from 1784. (from Tobago) Newly arrived indentured Indians in Trinidad and Tobago (from History of Trinidad and Tobago) Diyas lighting on Divali night in Trinidad and Tobago. (from Culture of Trinidad and Tobago) Protector of Slaves Office (Trinidad), Richard Bridgens, c. 1833. (from History of Trinidad and Tobago) People celebrating Phagwah. (from Culture of Trinidad and Tobago) Regional Geology of Trinidad and Venezuela (from Trinidad) Greenstone ceremonial axe, from shell midden, Mount Irvine Bay, Tobago, 1957. (from Tobago) Tobago from space (from Tobago) Krishna, Radha, and the Gopis celebrating Phagwah. (from Culture of Trinidad and Tobago) Hummingbirds of Trinidad and Tobago (from Biota of Trinidad and Tobago) A medallion commemorating the capture of Trinidad and Tobago by the British in 1797. Tobago Cuisine - Pacro Water and Sea Moss drinks (from Tobago) Selected picture Downtown Scarborough Scarborough, Tobago Credit: Nanosmile Downtown Scarborough Did you know ... that Victor Pascall (1886–1930) of Trinidad was considered the best left-arm spinner in West Indies cricket during his career? ... that Anisa Mohammed (born 1988) is the only cricketer to take five five-wicket hauls in women's One Day Internationals? ... that Lord Pretender (1917–2002) was hailed as a "master" of extempo, a lyrically improvised form of calypso music considered a forerunner of rap? Selected cuisine The House of Angostura (English: /æŋɡəˈstjʊərə/), also known as Angostura Limited, is a Trinidad and Tobago company famous for the production of Angostura bitters, invented by the company's founder. The company is also a distiller and is the major producer of rum in Trinidad and Tobago. The company also has been used as a vehicle for international expansion by its parent company, CL Financial. As a result of these acquisitions, the company owns distillers in the United States, Canada, The Bahamas and Suriname. The company was founded around 1830 in the Venezuelan town of Angostura (now Ciudad Bolívar) by a German doctor, Johann Gottlieb Benjamin Siegert, Surgeon-General in Simon Bolivar's army in Venezuela. Around 1820, he had tried to find a medicine to improve appetite and digestive well-being of the soldiers. From the beginning Dr. Siegert was determined to wrest a cure from nature itself, and after four years of trial and error, researching and analysing the qualities of tropical herbs and plants, he finally arrived at a unique blend of herbs in 1824, which he called "Amargo Aromatico" or aromatic bitters. [...] Dr. Siegert hoped to use the bitters to bring relief to his patients, his small circle of family and friends, but these events were to prove otherwise. From these humble beginnings an international industry was soon to rise. 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Alladin Bactris campestris Jonas Mohammed Bath Gale Benson James Biggart Mighty Bomber British West Indian labour unrest of 1934–1939 John Mohammed Butt Trevor Carter Chinese Trinidadians and Tobagonians Cocoi heron Frank Crichlow Cyrus Prudhomme David Winsford Devine Duguetia tobagensis Endemic flora of Trinidad and Tobago Froudacity Céline Gittens History of Tobago Isaac Hope Kenny J Kareem Joseph Justicia flaviflora Rudi Kappel Ismith Khan Utrice Leid Deon Lendore Clement Ligoure List of West Indies women Twenty20 International cricketers List of international cricket centuries by Brian Lara Main Ridge, Tobago The Mangrove Althea McNish Merikins Anisa Mohammed Fazeer Mohammed Gustavus Murray National Union of Freedom Fighters Northern green anaconda Victor Pascall Joseph Lennox Pawan Tina Pereira Michel Maxwell Philip Port of Spain Gazette Lord Pretender Camille Robinson-Regis Selwyn Ryan Edwin St Hill Sarran Teelucksingh The Jumbie Bird UWI Seismic Research Centre Charles William Warner Rodney Wilkes Sir William Young, 2nd Baronet Featured pictures Black-bellied whistling ducks (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Featured portals Portal:Latin America In the News articles 2020 Trinidad and Tobago general election Mike Agostini Courtenay Bartholomew MF Doom Gas Exporting Countries Forum Darcus Howe Deon Lendore Althea McNish V. 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