Black Power Move To Remove Columbus Statue Contravenes Heritage Protection Act – OpEd

By Dr Kumar Mahabir

The National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago has been strangely silent on the rowdy and relentless campaign to remove the historical statue of Christopher Columbus in the capital city of Port of Spain. I was the Vice Chairman of the Trust from 2013 to 2015.

The Trust seems to place its current Afro-centric...