Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago
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As the United States expands what is already the largest military deployment the Caribbean has seen in decades, Venezuela’s socialist regime is warning that it could retaliate against Trinidad and Tobago if the island nation assists Washington in any attack on Venezuelan territory.
Venezuela is asking its neighbor Trinidad and Tobago to provide the location and other details of the first field tests to be conducted by energy producer Exxon Mobil in a large offshore area it was recently awarded in the Caribbean country,
Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has said that her country will not be “held to ransom” as she accused some Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries of siding with Venezuela over the ongoing security situation in the region.
A U.S. warship arrived in Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday, prompting a Venezuelan official to accuse the neighboring Caribbean government of conducting "a military provocation" with the CIA. The big picture: President Trump said earlier this month that he authorized the CIA to secretly conduct operations in Venezuela against drug cartels,
Un buque de guerra de Estados Unidos atracó el domingo en la capital de Trinidad y Tobago, en un momento en que el gobierno