Trinidad and Tobago Declares Emergency Over Drug Crimes

Police check point, St. James

Description: In this news article one learns about the very events that inspire branches Trinidadian music. As written in a previous post ragga soca focuses much around sex and drugs. Ironically, Trinidad and Tobago are still having drug trafficking problems. In fact, the rise in these crimes had put the two islands on a curfew.  The prime minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar had set the curfew to 9 a.m to 5 p.m. However, her plan had costed 11 people their lives during a weekend of pure chaos. Aside from the deaths, fifty-eight gang members were arrested and moved off the streets. As the article continues we learn that Trinidad has become an example for the other islands. They've recorded to have collect twenty-two million dollars worth of cocaine and lower deaths from 325 to 262 people. In the end, it is said some feel safe while others feel terrified of these curfews.

Evaluation: Once I completed the article I was quite shocked to learn that the musicians who sing about this music had to grow up with the events mentioned above. Paragraph after paragraph it seemed as though the writer was telling a story that kept get darker as they wrote on. The article had taught me quite a bit. It showed me the side of the island  that artists escape from through music.

MLA: Archibold, Randal C. "Trinidad and Tobago Declares Emergency Over Drug Crimes." www.newyorktimes.com. New York Times, 24  Aug. 2011. Web. 12 Dec. 2011.

APA: Archibold, R. C. (2011, August 24). Trinidad and Tobago Declares Emergency Over Drug Crimes. New  York Times.