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Trini Brief – Trini Dispatch: Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Good morning from Port of Spain, where the Prime Minister is fighting CARICOM, the crime statistics are fighting everyone, and the fuel situation is a global problem that is somehow arriving at our doorstep at the usual island speed.

PM KAMLA: CARICOM MEETING CONVENED, TRINIDAD DID NOT ATTEND

This is a sentence that requires careful reading: Trinidad demanded an emergency CARICOM meeting about CARICOM governance. CARICOM held the emergency meeting. Trinidad did not attend.