BMI Research: Latin America Monitor: Caribbean Monitor: State Of Emergency: Outcome Uncertain.

The article says that the decision on August 22, 2011 by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar of Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) to impose a state of emergency due to a rise in the level of crime will harm investor perceptions of the nation. It explains that the state of emergency could further discourage foreign investors in the medium- to long-term. It believes that a downgrade in the proprietary short-term political risk rating for T&T to 58.8 from 62.7 is appropriate.