18 July – A state of emergency is declared following the discovery of a plot by criminal organisations to assassinate key government officials and attack public institutions.[4]
21 July – A woman is rescued after being abducted in northeast Trinidad on 13 July in a police operation that kills one of her abductors.[5]
August
6 August – The statue of Christopher Columbus in Columbus Square in Port of Spain is removed amid criticism over its symbolism of colonialism.[6]
23 September – The High Court blocks the extradition of former FIFA vice president Jack Warner to the United States on corruption charges.[7]
October
9 October – The United States gives Trinidad and Tobago clearance to negotiate a gas agreement with Venezuela without facing sanctions.[8]
18 October – The US embassy warns its citizens against US government facilities over the Diwali weekend, with Trinidadian authorities attributing the warning to regional tensions.[9]
†Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically.
#Bermuda is an isolated North Atlanticoceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally.
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