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The Amer­i­can Cham­ber of Com­merce is adding its voice to calls for peace in the South­ern Caribbean, as the Chief Sec­re­tary of the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly dis­tances the is­land from ris­ing ten­sions be­tween the Unit­ed States and Venezuela.

AM­CHAM T&T CEO Ni­rad Tewarie and THA Chief Sec­re­tary Far­ley Au­gus­tine spoke with Guardian Me­dia fol­low­ing a joint event host­ed by the Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies (UWI) and the Unit­ed Na­tions to mark the 80th an­niver­sary of the UN’s found­ing.

Tewarie said peace across the re­gion is not on­ly a diplo­mat­ic goal, but a foun­da­tion for eco­nom­ic sta­bil­i­ty.