Trinidad: Madam Prime Minister

And in other regional news - Trinidad has elected its first female prime minister. She is 59 year old Kamla Persad-Bissessar the leader of a 5 party coalition which won 29 of 41 seats in parliament ejecting the government of Patrick Manning. Manning - who had been in power wince 2002 - called a snap election only two and a half years into his term, resulting in his party losing 14 of the 26 seats it held in the Parliament. Last night he said he accepted full responsibility for the results.