Castara is a picturesque seaside village on the Leeward (north) coast of the island of Tobago

Tobago

Tobago is the smaller of the two main islands that make up the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located in the southern Caribbean, northeast of the island of Trinidad and southeast of Grenada. The island lies outside the hurricane belt...

, the smaller of the two islands in the twin-island Republic

Republic

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 of Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...

. Castara's economy is dependent primarily on fishing

Fishing

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 and agriculture

Agriculture

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, with tourism

Tourism

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 playing an increasingly important role since the 1990s.

The most famous son of Castara is the Castara Kid, former Prime Minister

Prime minister

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 and President

President

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 of Trinidad and Tobago, A.N.R. Robinson

A. N. R. Robinson

Arthur Napoleon Raymond Robinson, OCC, TC was the third President of Trinidad and Tobago, serving from 19 March 1997 to 17 March 2003. He was also Trinidad and Tobago's third Prime Minister, serving in that capacity from 18 December 1986 to 17 December 1991...

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