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Do staged political photo-ops belong to a simpler, bygone era?

Trinidad Guardian photo

In our pick today, compliments the Trinidad Guardian, PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar pretends to drive an excavator while Ministers Fazal Karim and Roodal Moonilal squeeze beside her to presumably offer support and UWI Principal Professor Clement Sankat mans the door—in case anyone else tries to get in on the action.

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