Angostura’s holding company was able to purchase Fernandes Distillers with capital gained from Bacardi taking a minority but significant stake in both companies. The...

During the Second World War, American Naval Bases were built in multiple British West Indian Territories including Antigua, Jamaica, and Trinidad. In Trinidad and...

Angostura, now in the hands of the founder’s heirs had been seeking to leave Venezuela for a few years. As the global demand for...

The passage of this act saw the equalization of duties on foreign and British West Indian sugar imported into Britain. Combined with the effects...

08In 1970 the Trinidad and Tobago Government acquired a 51% stake in Caroni Limited. This decision was linked to the Nationalist and Anti-Imperialist sentiment...

As part of a Caribbean tour, Queen Elizabeth II visits Trinidad and Tobago and pays a courtesy call to the House of Angostura. The...

From May to July, a series of riots would erupt across the sugar belt. These events have sometimes been considered to be the beginning...

Woodford Lodge would go into voluntary liquidation before being absorbed into Caroni Limited. This would leave Forres Park and Golden Grove as the only...

This event, described by Historian Brinsley Samaroo as “the high point in the history of Trinidad and Tobago” was the culmination of labour unrest...

The West Indies Sugar Company was founded in Jamaica in 1937, and in its second year of operation it would be expanded to include...