TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO GRAPPLES WITH COLONIAL PAST

Rubriques :

In a small auditorium in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Christopher Columbus and other colonial-era figures came under scrutiny recently in a lengthy debate punctuated by snickers, applause and outbursts. The government had asked residents of the diverse, twin-island nation in the eastern Caribbean if they supported the removal of statues, signs and monuments with colonial ties and how those spaces should be used instead.

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