The is a radical extremist Islamist fundamentalist group in Trinidad and Tobago.
Afro-Trinidadians and Tobagonians are people from Trinidad and Tobago who are of Sub-Saharan African descent,mostly from West Africa. Social interpretations of race in Trinidad and Tobago are often used to dictate who is of West African descent. Mulatto-Creole,Dougla,Blasian,Zambo,Maroon,Pardo,Quadroon,Octoroon or Hexadecaroon (Quintroon) were all racial terms used to measure the amount of West African ancestry someone possessed in Trinidad and Tobago and throughout North American,Latin American and Caribbean history.
Fyzabad is a town in southwestern Trinidad,13 km (8.1 mi) south of San Fernando,west of Siparia and northeast of Point Fortin. It is named after the town of Faizabad in India. Colloquially it is known as "Fyzo" by many people.
Kamla Persad-Bissessar;born Kamla Susheila Persad,22 April 1952),often referred to by her initials KPB,is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian lawyer,politician and educator who is the Leader of the Opposition of Trinidad and Tobago,political leader of the United National Congress (UNC) political party,and was the sixth Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago from 26 May 2010 until 9 September 2015. She was the country's first female Prime Minister,Attorney General,and Leader of the Opposition,the first woman to chair the Commonwealth of Nations and the first woman of Indian origin to be a prime minister of a country outside of India and the wider subcontinent.
Basdeo Panday is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian lawyer,politician,trade unionist,economist,actor,and former civil servant who served as the fifth Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago from 1995 to 2001. He was the first person of Indian descent along with being the first Hindu to hold the office of Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. He was first elected to Parliament in 1976 as the Member for Couva North,Panday served as Leader of the Opposition five times between 1976 and 2010 and was a founding member of the United Labour Front (ULF),the National Alliance for Reconstruction (NAR),and the United National Congress (UNC). He served as leader of the ULF and UNC,and was President General of the All Trinidad Sugar and General Workers' Trade Union.
Trinidad and Tobago,officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago,is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago and numerous much smaller islands,it is situated 11 kilometres off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and 130 kilometres south of Grenada. It shares maritime boundaries with Barbados to the east,Grenada to the northwest,Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the north and Venezuela to the south and west. Trinidad and Tobago is generally considered to be part of the West Indies. The island country's capital is Port of Spain,while its largest and most populous city is San Fernando.
Carmona is a Portuguese and Spanish surname. Notable persons with that name include:
Patricia Rawlins Robinson was a Trinidadian economist and public servant who served as the First Lady of Trinidad and Tobago from 1997 until 2003. She was married to former President and Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson.
Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona is a Trinidadian politician who was the fifth President of Trinidad and Tobago from 2013 to 2018. Previously,he was a High Court Judge at the Supreme Court of Trinidad and Tobago,and he served as a Judge of the International Criminal Court from 2012 to 2013.
Kris Rampersad is a writer,researcher,lecturer,journalist,publisher,activist and advocate from Trinidad and Tobago.
Philip Louis Ulric Cross was a Trinidadian jurist,diplomat and Royal Air Force (RAF) navigator,recognised as possibly the most decorated West Indian of World War II. He is credited with helping to prevent some two hundred bombers from being shot down in a raid over Germany in 1943. He subsequently studied law at London's Middle Temple,and went on to fulfil a distinguished international career as a jurist across Africa and within Trinidad and Tobago. He also served as a diplomat for Trinidad and Tobago to the United Kingdom.
Nicholas Marcus Thompson is a Trinidadian-Canadian human rights advocate and union leader known for organizing the landmark $2.5 billion Black Class Action lawsuit against the federal Government of Canada for systemic discrimination against Black workers. He is the Executive Director of the Black Class Action Secretariat,a national non-profit organization that works to dismantling systemic discrimination in all sectors of Canadian life. Thompson is also the host of the Union Matters show,where he advocates for the elimination of racial discrimination in Canada's public service and labor unions.
Ronald Jay Williams was a Trinidadian businessman and politician. He was a Member of Parliament for the West Indies Federation,Senator of Trinidad and Tobago,and Member of Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. From 1981 to 1986,he served as Minister of State Enterprises. During his tenure in government,his drive to reduce waste and seek cost efficiencies earned him the nickname "Chinese Chopper",a reference to his ethnicity and his willingness to cut expenditures.
Paula-Mae Weekes is a Trinidadian politician and jurist who was the sixth president of Trinidad and Tobago from 2018 to 2023. She is the first female President of Trinidad and Tobago,as well as the second female head of state in Trinidad and Tobago after Elizabeth II and the second female president of African descent in the Americas following Ertha Pascal-Trouillot.
Marjorie Ruth Thorpe is a Trinidadian academic,lecturer,former diplomat and the first woman to have chaired the Public Service Commission (PSC) in Trinidad and Tobago. She is also a development practitioner with a particular interest in gender issues.
Jennifer Cassar was a Trinidadian cultural activist and civil servant. Cassar served as the Carib Queen,a leader of the Santa Rosa First Peoples Community and the indigenous community in Trinidad and Tobago,from 2011 until her death in 2018. Cassar,a career civil servant and the sixth Carib Queen since the title's creation in 1875,was the first Carib Queen to hold a secular job.
Christine Carla Kangaloo is a Trinidadian politician,who is the president of Trinidad and Tobago since 2023. She was president of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago from 2015 until her resignation to run for president in 2023. She is the only person to serve as both President and Vice President of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago,the first woman to serve as Senate Vice President and third woman to serve as acting President of Trinidad and Tobago and Senate President. She became the second woman to serve as President of Trinidad and Tobago upon her assumption of office on 20 March 2023. Kangaloo has served as an Opposition Senator,Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister,Minister of Legal Affairs and Minister of Science,Technology and Tertiary Education in previous People's National Movement governments.
Naomi King Biden Neal is an American lawyer. Biden is the eldest daughter of Hunter Biden and Kathleen Buhle as well as a granddaughter of U.S. President Joe Biden. She grew up in Washington,D.C.,and attended the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia Law School and works as an associate at the law firm Arnold &Porter.
