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Trinidad & Tobago: What Egypt Can Teach Us

Written byJanine Mendes-Franco

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Posted 7 February 2011 19:04 GMT

“It would be extremely poor of me to compare our situation with that of the people in Egypt. They have legitimate reasons to demand a change and have stood by the courage of their convictions”: Still, Coffeewallah wishes that Trinbagonians would “approach our issues with the single-mindedness [with which we] party.”

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