Two of Trinidad and Tobago’s largest gangs agreed to a truce after nearly a month of reprisal killings, but unlike violence prevention initiatives, truces have proven to be temporary and ineffective ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago — A spike in deadly gang violence prompted the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago to implement a country-wide state of emergency Monday. The declaration ...

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to journalist Kejan Haynes on the latest from Trinidad and Tobago, where the government declared a state of emergency following bouts of gang violence. Officials in the ...

Trinidad and Tobago has declared a state of emergency in response to escalating gang violence that created a 'weekend of murder' according to local reports. President Christine Carla Kangaloo ...

Trinidad and Tobago, the twin-island Caribbean nation located just off the coast of Venezuela, has declared a national state of emergency following a string of gang-related violence just days before ...

FILE - The country's coat of arms is displayed on the facade of a government building in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Aug. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ash Allen, File) PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and ...

Officials in the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago declared a state of emergency this week over a surge in gang violence. Under the state of emergency, the military can make arrests, and it ...