Mia, Kamla Row – Over Kamla’s Kidnapped Charge, Mia Calls It Defamatory

A diplomatic row has emerged between Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago following sharp exchanges between Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley and Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar over the controversial 2022 detention and transfer of businessman Brent Thomas. Speaking yesterday, Mottley strongly rejected Persad-Bissessar’s description of the incident as a kidnapping, calling the allegation “a scurrilous lie and defamatory […]