FORMER UNC MP Rodney Charles has cautioned the government on its support for the ongoing US military deployment in the Southern Caribbean and all matters relating to it.

Charles, who served as Trinidad and Tobago's UN ambassador during Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar's first administration (May 2010-September 2015, sounded his warning in a Facebook post on December 20.

He was also the UNC's shadow foreign and Caricom affairs minister from September 2015 to April 2025 while the party was in opposition. Charles, who publicly disagreed with Persad-Bissessar's leadership, chose to retire from electoral politics before the April 28 general election, which the UNC won.