ʻO Trinidad & Tobago ke pepehi kanaka nei i ke kapikala o ka Caribbean

SPEYSIDE, Tobago - Me ka piʻi mau ʻana o ka hewa kolohe me ka piʻi weliweli o ka pepehi kanaka, ua lanakila ʻo Trinidad a me Tobago iā Jamaica ma ke ʻano he "kapena pepehi kanaka o ka Caribbean".

ʻOiai ua hoʻonui ka pepehi kanaka i ʻelua pakeneka ma Jamaica i ka makahiki 2008, ua piʻi ka pepehi kanaka i kahi 38 pakeneka ma Trinidad a me Tobago.

ʻOiai ʻo ka hapa nui o ka hana hoʻomāinoino e pili ana i ka gang, i kēia mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua lilo ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i mau pahuhopu no ka powa, ka hoʻomāinoino a me ka pepehi kanaka.

I ʻOkakopa 2008, ua ʻoki ʻia kekahi kāne Suedena a make i loko o ko lāua lumi hōkele ma Tobago.

Ma hope o 10 mau lā ma Tobago, ua ʻaihue ʻia ʻelua mau wahine Pelekāne a hoʻomāinoino ʻia e kahi kanaka pōā i koi ʻia i ko lākou hale hoʻomaha.

Nā ʻōlelo aʻo huakaʻi
Ua hoʻopuka ka US a me UK i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo huakaʻi e ʻōlelo ana i ka poʻe huakaʻi e pili ana i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hana ʻino a me ka hiki ʻole o nā mākaʻi ma Tobago e hopu a hoʻopaʻi i nā lawehala.

"Pono ʻoe e ʻike he nui nā kiʻekiʻe o ka hewa ʻino, ʻoi aku ka pana a me ka ʻaihue," wahi a kahi ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo huakaʻi i hoʻopuka ʻia e ka UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office ma ʻOkakopa 2008. nāwaliwali ka hoʻokō kānāwai.

Ua hoʻopuka ʻia kahi ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo huakaʻi US e pili ana i ka manawa like i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e hele ana nā poʻe kaua i nā mākaʻikaʻi i ko lākou haʻalele ʻana i nā mokulele honua ma Trinidad a me Tobago.

"ʻO nā hewa kolohe, e like me ka hoʻouka kaua, ka ʻaihue no ka uku pānaʻi, ka hoʻomāinoino a me ka pepehi kanaka, ua pili nā kamaʻāina ʻē a me nā mākaʻikaʻi (a) nā mea i hōʻike ʻia e pili ana i nā poʻe pōā i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e hele ana i nā poʻe holo mai ke kahua mokulele a hoʻokipa iā lākou ma nā wahi mamao ... ʻaʻole i hopu ʻia kēia mau hewa."

ʻO ka nui o nā kalaima kiʻekiʻe
Wahi a ka Economist, ʻo ka Caribbean ʻōlelo Pelekania, e hele ana mai Bahamas ma ka ʻākau a hiki i Trinidad & Tobago ma ka hema, he 30 mau pepehi kanaka no 100,000 mau kānaka i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ʻo ia kekahi o nā helu kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka honua.

Ma ka hoʻohālikelike, ʻo ka helu pepehi kanaka ma Kanada a me UK ma kahi o ʻelua ma 100,000.

Me 550 mau pepehi kanaka i ka makahiki 2008, ʻo Trinidad a me Tobago ka helu o 55 mau pepehi kanaka no 100,000 i lilo ia i ʻāina pōʻino loa ma ka Caribbean a ʻo kekahi o nā mea weliweli loa ma ka honua.

ʻO ka helu o ka hoʻouka ʻana, ka pōā, ka ʻaihue a me ka hoʻomake ʻana ma Trinidad a me Tobago kekahi o nā mea kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka honua.

Wahi a kahi hōʻike i hoʻopuka ʻia e ke Keʻena Mokuʻāina ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, e hoʻomau ka piʻi ʻana o nā pepehi kanaka pili i nā gang a me nā hewa ʻē aʻe ma Trinidad a me Tobago i ka makahiki 2009 a me 2010.