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11 unusual facts about Chaguaramas


Carolina Indriago

Indriago was the Miss Venezuela titleholder for 1998, and was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Universe 1999 pageant held in Chaguaramas, Trinidad & Tobago on May 26, 1999, when she classified in the 5 finalists.

Chaguaramas, Trinidad

Chaguaramas was the location slated for the construction of the capital of the short-lived West Indies Federation.

The Chaguaramas Peninsula supports one of the few remaining areas of dry forest in western Trinidad.

It is also the place where the Treaty of Chaguaramas was signed, establishing Caricom, the Caribbean Community and Common Market, in 1973.

Clayton Ince

Ince began his playing career with the Chaguaramas-based club Defence Force, where he quickly established himself as one of the top goalkeepers in the Caribbean.

Kirton Huggins

After attending basic training at Staubles Bay in Chaguaramas in 1978, his first duty station was to a patrol boat.

Quintin O'Connor

When the United States established a naval base in the Chaguaramas area, they secretly organized the base workers and eventually won recognition as the bargaining agents for the base employees.

Transport in Venezuela

Construction on the two new lines connecting San Juan de los Morros to San Fernando de Apure and connecting Chaguaramas to Cabruta is expected to begin in Q2 2006 and is expected to take six years to complete.

Trinidad and Tobago and CARICOM

The new organisation because a successor to the Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA) by the Treaty of Chaguaramas, of which Trinidad and Tobago was the leading member and also the founder member and also this is where the CARIFTA was headquarter at Chaguaramas, Trinidad.

West Indies Federation

There were also problems with the Federation's proposed capital in Chaguaramas, at that time still in the hands of the United States (having leased it as a naval base from the United Kingdom during World War 2).

Yamani Saied

Also represented Panama in Miss Universe 1999, the 48th Miss Universe pageant was held at Chaguaramas Convention Centre, Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago on May 26, 1999.


History of Trinidad and Tobago

In sympathy with the arrested leaders, a portion of the Trinidad and Tobago Regiment, led by Raffique Shah and Rex Lassalle mutinied and took hostages at the Teteron Barracks (located on the Chaguaramas Peninsula).

Missile Test Project

MTP instrumented and operated the following tracking stations: CCAFS (designated AFE71), Grand Bahama Island (AFE73), Eleuthera Island (AFE74), San Salvador Island (AFE75), Mayaguana Island (AFE76), Grand Turk Island (AFE77), Antigua Island (AFE86), Chaguaramus, Trinidad (AFE87), Ascension Island (AFE83) and Mahé in the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean (AFE89).

Raffique Shah

In a move to prevent Williams from using the military against the masses, a portion of the Regiment stationed at Teteron (on the Chaguaramas Peninsula), led by Lieutenants Shah and Rex Lassalle mutinied.

Western Main Road

The Western Main Road is the main road in Trinidad and Tobago that runs west from Green Corner in downtown Port of Spain, through St. James, where it is the main thoroughfare, til the Military Base in Chaguaramas.