Radio Station In Trinidad And Tobago
US Department Of State Post Report
In the oil-boom years, neither the government nor the people showed much interest in tourism. After the economic decline of the 1980s, however, Trinidad and Tobago has witnessed a positive change in attitudes toward tourism, and government has targeted the tourism industry for greater development. Currently largely confined to Tobago, tourism in Trinidad and Tobago is low-key and only accounts for 1% of GDP. Fewer than 200,000 tourists visit the islands each year, many of these during Carnival. Lack of sufficient hotel rooms and limited air transportation links are challenges in marketing T&T as a tourist destination. The marine pleasure yacht subsector has been a bright spot in the country's tourism picture in recent years. Since 1990 annual sailing yacht arrivals have increased from several hundred to well over 3,000. The government is focusing efforts on the development of eco-tourism destinations, taking advantage of acclaimed diving sites off the coast of Tobago and the impres ... [Read More]
G) The Caribbean
Policy Initiatives. The political impasse that followed the December 2001 election, and the resultant inability to convene Parliament until new elections were held in October 2002, limited further progress in strengthening GOTT counternarcotics capabilities. Nevertheless, the GOTT supported counternarcotics efforts through public statements by senior GOTT officials and the provision of resources for ongoing programs. During the year, GOTT officials participated actively in regional counternarcotics fora and in the negotiations for a Caribbean regional maritime counternarcotics agreement. The GOTT continued to fund a three-person U.S. Customs advisory team, which worked closely with the GOTT’s Customs and Excise Division to improve the effectiveness of its passenger and cargo processing and enforcement capabilities. The GOTT also continued to fund an Internal Revenue Service advisory team that worked with the Bureau of Inland Re ... [Read More]
The Caribbean
Law Enforcement Efforts. The TTDF Coast Guard, OCNU, CDCTF, and specialized policy/army task forces continued to carry out drug interdiction and eradication operations throughout the year, sometimes in cooperation with DEA and U.S. Customs. Numerous GOTT eradication operations resulted in the eradication of 2.1 million cannabis plants and seedlings. In 2003, the GOTT seized 149 kilograms of cocaine, 31 kilograms of heroin, and 560 kilograms of cannabis. The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS), with DEA assistance, was able to interdict several shipments of cocaine being transported via commercial flights, either in transit from Guyana or originating in Trinidad and Tobago. In mid-summer, Canadian and GOTT law enforcement interdicted two cocaine shipments, reportedly facilitated by airport workers, destined for Canada. One shipment of 42 kilograms was secreted in a container that arrived at the Toronto airport from Port of Spain; another shipme ... [Read More]
G) The Caribbean
The islands of the Netherlands Antilles (NA) (Curaçao and Bonaire off Venezuela and Saba, Saint Eustatius, and Saint Maarten east of the U.S. Virgin Islands) continue to serve as northbound transshipment points for cocaine and increasing amounts of heroin coming from South America; chiefly Colombia, Venezuela, and Suriname. These shipments typically are transported to U.S. territory in the Caribbean by "go-fast" boats and to Europe by "mules" (drug couriers) using commercial flights. Evidence in 2001 did not support a finding that drugs now entering the United States from the Netherlands Antilles are in an amount sufficient to have a significant effect on the United States, but the entire eastern and southern Caribbean is an area of U.S. concern. The DEA and local law enforcement saw an increase this year in go-fast boat traffic, much of which moved to Saint Maarten en route to Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands. Consistent with the increased go-fast traffic, arrests of "mules" at ... [Read More]
International Narcotics Control Strategy Reports
US DEPARTMENT OF STATEBUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS MATTERSINTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRAGEGY REPORTAPRIL 1994THE CARIBBEAN 173 Bahamas 175 Cuba 181 Dominican Republic 184 Guyana 189 Haiti 191 Jamaica 195 Netherlands Antilles and Aruba 200 Suriname 203 Trinidad and Tobago 206 Eastern Caribbean 209 Antigua and Barbuda 210 Barbados 210 Dominica 211 Grenada 211 St. Kitts and Nevis 212 St. Lucia 213 St. Vincent and the Grenadines ... [Read More]
Interview With Latin American Journalists
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2002 Treaty Actions (July 2003 Update)
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Events and Activites, International Education Week 2001
The U.S. Embassy and Fulbright Commission plan a number of programs celebrating IEW. On November 13, the Fulbright Alumni Association of Malaysia, in collaboration with the Humphrey Fellows' Alumni Malaysia, the Fulbright Commission, and the U.S. Embassy will be hold a presentation with Fulbright alumnus Prof. Steve Raymer on "Living Faith: Inside the Muslim World of Southeast Asia." Ambassador Marie T. Huhtala and the President of the Malaysian Institute for Islamic Understanding will officiate at the event. Thirty award recipients for the AT&T Asian Leadership Award will be chosen by the Fulbright Commission during IEW.The Commission will hold a number of seminars on the various programs for those interested in obtaining undergraduate or graduate degrees in the U.S., including "Distance Learning Programs from U.S. Institutions," "Study in the USA: Guide ... [Read More]
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