{
  "id": 54,
  "date": "1903",
  "headline": "A deathly riot arose over the cost of water in Port of Spain, Trinidad",
  "type": "Trigger",
  "country": "Trinidad",
  "region": "Latin America and the Ca",
  "description": "In 1903, the government in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad passes an ordinance increasing the price of water following the construction of national waterworks infrastructure. Public meetings are held to protest the increase, culminating in a riot at the seat of government, the Red House. Protestors set the building on fire and during the riot police kill 16 people and injure 42 others.",
  "sources": "Mahoney 2013"
}