Trinidad and Tobago
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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 kilometers (6.8 miles) off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and 130 kilometers (81 miles) south of Grenada. It shares maritime boundaries with Barbados to the east, Grenada to the northwest, 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 municipality is Chaguanas.
The island of Trinidad was inhabited for centuries by Indigenous peoples before becoming a colony in the Spanish Empire following the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1498. Spanish governor José María Chacón surrendered the island to a British fleet under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby in 1797. Trinidad and Tobago were ceded to Britain in 1802 under the Treaty of Amiens as separate states and unified in 1889. Trinidad and Tobago obtained independence in 1962 and became a republic in 1976.
Unlike most Caribbean nations and territories, which rely heavily on tourism, the economy is primarily industrial, emphasizing petroleum and petrochemicals; much of the nation's wealth is derived from its large oil and natural gas reserves.
Trinidad and Tobago is well known for its African and Indian cultures, reflected in its large and famous Carnival, Diwali, and Hosay celebrations, as well as being the birthplace of the steelpan, the limbo, and music styles such as calypso, soca, rapso, parang, chutney, and chutney soca music. The island is famous for its street foods such as Doubles, Roti, Saheena, Aloo pie, Pholouri, Coo-Coo, Chow, Bake, and shark, or freshly cut coconut water, and other noted island foods include Trinidadian Callaloo, Curry crab, and dumplings, and others. The islands have beautiful beaches and tropical forests set to a tropical climate, and natural wonders include a pitch lake. The country gets fewer hurricanes than most of the Caribbean because it is farther south. The government is a member of the United Nations, the Commonwealth, and the Anglophone Caribbean Community. The main currency is the Trinidadian Dollar, not the Eastern Caribbean Dollar.
Spanking and Spanking Art in Trinidad_and_Tobago
In the 20th century, school corporal punishment fell out of fashion and was gradually banned in many countries, a trend that continues until the present day.
As of May 2008, Trinidad and Tobago permits corporal punishment in schools.
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JCP in Trinidad_and_Tobago (from Corpun.com
In 1946, it was announced that the colonial government in London had reluctantly agreed to allow Trinidad to reintroduce flogging, which had been abolished in the late 1930s.
The current situation is that the courts may corporally punish adult men (but not boys under 18). Trinidad is one of the few countries in the world where judicial birching (called "whipping" in the legislation) is theoretically still in use. JCP with the cat-o'-nine tails ("flogging") is still on the statute book. It is unclear what criteria the courts use to decide which of the two implements to order. Still, press reports suggest that the birch is available for a broader range of offenses than the cat and is regarded as the more severe.
As in the pre-1948 UK, the cat is applied to the upper back, and the birch is applied to the bare seat. In either case, the JCP is combined with a sentence of imprisonment and is carried out in prison. Most of the cases reported in recent years have been either for sexual offenses such as rape or for armed robbery.
For typical 21st-century cases, see this June 2006 news item, which includes a picture of a man emerging from court after being sentenced to receive 12 strokes of the birch for having sex with an underage girl, and this May 2009 report of a 10-stroke birching sentence for attempted murder.
In July 2010, the government announced that it would make flogging mandatory for gun-related offenses.
Prostitution in Trinidad_and_Tobago
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External links
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