The Minister of Defense of VenezuelaVladimir Padrino López, assured this Friday that the United States military maneuvers in Trinidad and Tobago are an “aggression” against the dignity of the Venezuelan people, in the midst of tensions between Caracas and the Administration of donald trumpwhich maintains a naval and air deployment in the Caribbean Sea.
“It is sad that the Government of Trinidad and Tobago lends its territory, degrades its territory, its sovereignty so that instruments for the death and massive destruction of people are placed there”Padrino López said in a video shared on social networks.
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The official maintained that the citizens of the Caribbean island are upset and disturbed by the presence of the Navy of War USA to continue their military exercises which, in their opinion, are “completely deliberate to threaten Venezuela”.
Marine Expedition Unit 22 intensified its practices in the Caribbean country between November 16 and 21.
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The tensions between Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago have escalated with the docking in Port of Spain, a week ago, of the USS Gravely, an American destroyer equipped with guided missiles.
Venezuela’s Chavista leader, Nicolás Maduro; and the president of the United States, Donald Trump. (STRINGER/Brendan SMIALOWSKI/AFP)
On Monday, the Venezuelan head of state, Nicolas Madurosaid Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar “hypothec” Trinidad and Tobago for “threaten Venezuela”to the “host a military force in front” to the South American nation.
Maduro assured that, however, the head of the Trinidadian Government “It’s going to be very bad for him”so he crossed out “false steps he is taking against the peace of his country and the region”.
For his part, Persad-Bissessar defended that the exercises are part of a security alliance “deep and lasting” with Washington that, he assures, has contributed to reducing the trafficking of weapons, drugs and people, and that has improved the preparation of the Defense Forces of Trinidad and Tobago.
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The military exercises are part of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between both countries, which was renewed in December 2024.
Persad-Bissessar insisted on social networks that “the territory of Trinidad and Tobago “It will not be used to launch any attack against the people of Venezuela.”.
