1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/Attacks on the Press 2001: Trinidad and Tobago - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="kPaHiso2eb"><a href="https://cpj.org/2002/03/attacks-on-the-press-2001-trinidad-and-tobago/">Attacks on the Press 2001: Trinidad and Tobago</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2002/03/attacks-on-the-press-2001-trinidad-and-tobago/embed/#?secret=kPaHiso2eb" width="600" height="338" title="“Attacks on the Press 2001: Trinidad and Tobago” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="kPaHiso2eb" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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This oil- and gas-rich island nation, whose population is equally divided between people of African and Indian descent, moved from crisis to crisis after elections in December 2000. Former prime minister Basdeo Panday's United National Congress (UNC), supported mainly by Indo-Trinidadians, narrowly defeated the People's National Movement (PNM), generally supported by Afro-Trinidadians, in elections that…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260