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Pash McKenzie
Age: 50
Home: Charlotteville, Tobago
Pash has been a fisherman for more than 30 years. Although life as a fisherman can be hard, Pash thinks it’s a good way to make a living. With rising crime in Trinidad & Tobago, he believes fishing keeps the young men out of trouble.
Filed in: Latin America & the Caribbean, Trade

Trinidad & Tobago's economy

Trinidad & Tobago are two islands that make up one country in the Caribbean
It has huge reserves of oil and natural gas, which it exports to the US
Despite being one of the wealthiest countries in the Caribbean nearly 40% of its population live on less than $2 a day
Charlotteville is one of Tobago’s foremost fishing communities – more than 60% of the island’s total catch is brought in by fishermen like Pash

Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidad & Tobago
population: 1.3 million
population living on under $2 a day: 39%

Filed in: Latin America & the Caribbean, Trade