The Lloyd Best Institute of the West Indies

The Lloyd Best Institute of the West Indies is a non-profit, independent think tank dedicated to the sole purpose of the development of the Caribbean. It is named after its founder, Lloyd Best, who launched it in 1977 as the Trinidad and Tobago Institute of the West Indies. The mandate of the Lloyd Best Institute has always been, and continues to be guided by the title of Lloyd’s seminal work, “Independent Thought and Caribbean Freedom”.

The Institute is the publisher of the respected Trinidad and Tobago Review, a monthly news magazine - indeed, the only news magazine of the English-speaking Caribbean - which has been published for over 30 years. It enjoys wide circulation through distribution in Trinidad and Tobago’s top-selling daily newspaper, the Express, on the first Monday of the month. It is a monthly review of national and Caribbean affairs, including economics, politics, the visual and literary arts, sports and foreign affairs. The T&T Review is open in its commitment to independent thought, free expression, indigenous development, Caribbean Integration including the free movement of people, Haiti and the strengthening of civil society.

The Lloyd Best Institute of the West Indies is run by a board of directors headed by Winston Riley (Chairman), Gregory McGuire, Eric St Cyr, Baldwin Mootoo, Horace Broomes, Marcia Riley, Antony Paul and Sunity Maharaj-Best (Managing Director and Editor of the T&T Review).

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