Black Power in the Caribbean Black Power in the Caribbean Black Power in the Caribbean refers to political and social movements in the Caribbean region from the mid-1960s to mid-1970s that focused on overturning the existing racist power structure. Guyanese academic Walter Rodney famously defined the movement as follows: “Black Power in the West Indies means three closely related things”: The Black Power movement in Jamaica developed in the 1960s. Major figures in the movement include Walter Rodney and the Abeng group. The Black Power movement in Trinidad & Tobago emerged in the late-1960s and came to a head with the Black Power Revolution in
Caribbean Petroleum Corporation Caribbean Petroleum Corporation Caribbean Petroleum Corporation was an oil company in Puerto Rico which owned an oil refinery in Bayamón having a capacity of . In addition, it operated more than 200 service stations in Puerto Rico under the Gulf brand name. On 23 October 2009, an explosion took place in the refinery destroying 11 storage tanks. Caribbean Petroleum was incorporated in 1987 through the merger of Caribbean Gulf Refining Corp., Gulf Petroleum S.A., and Compañía Petrolera Chevron, Inc. The Bayamón refinery was originally built in 1955 to supply the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Palo Seco and San Juan