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Carla Bridglal

Carla Bridglal is a Trinidadian journalist with a keen interest in human rights and an advocate for press freedom. As the Associate Business Editor at the Trinidad & Tobago Newsday, she has written extensively on macroeconomic policy, politics, and international relations, including Venezuela’s refugee crisis and China’s expansion into the Caribbean. Carla earned her MA in Journalism from Columbia University, specializing in business and economic writing. She is an inaugural fellow of the Media Institute of the Caribbean.

China

COVID-19 and China’s Disappearing Financial Lifeline in the Caribbean

By
Natalee Legore,
Steffon Campbell and
Carla Bridglal
| May 27, 2020

Delayed project completion dates, cost overruns, and encumbered raw material sourcing are some of the direct impacts that senior economists and government officials expect to see on China-led public works in the Caribbean, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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China

China’s Opaque Caribbean Trail: Dreams, Deals and Debt

By
Carla Bridglal,
Ivan Cairo,
Steffon Campbell,
Alix Lewis and
Neil Marks
| December 5, 2019

A hotel. A highway. A port. The prime minister’s house. For Caribbean countries, one of the most visible, expansive, and expensive forms of Beijing’s engagement with the region is its financing of large-scale infrastructure projects.

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