The day democracy came under siege: Blood, bullets and broadcasts— recalling the 1990 coup 35 years later Today, Sunday, July 27th, 2025, marks 35 years since the 1990 attempted coup in Trinidad and Tobago — one of the darkest and most defining moments in the nation's post-independence history. On Friday, July 27th, 1990, over 100 armed members of the Jamaat al-Muslimeen, led by Yasin Abu Bakr, launched a violent insurrection against the democratically elected government. The group stormed the R