ENVIRONMENTALIST Dr Wayne Kublalsingh has called on Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to “step aside,” accusing her of aligning Trinidad and Tobago with an “imperialist” agenda linked to recent US military strikes in the region.

In its war against drug trafficking, the US has killed over 80 people in over 20 lethal strikes since September 2 in the Southern Caribbean and Pacific. According to the United Nations human rights chief Volker Türk, these strikes violate international law.

The group gathered at Woodford Square, Port of Spain, on December 7 for a “vigil for peace” in response to rising US-Venezuela tensions.