Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar “went crazy” threatening to authorise attacks out of this country’s territory on Venezuela.

Speaking at a news conference in Venezuela yesterday evening, Maduro said that the Prime Minister’s recent statements read like a declaration of war against Venezuela and that he was certain the people of the country were against it.

“The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago went crazy; she went crazy because she was threatening that she was going to authorise attacks from Trinidad and Tobago against Venezuela. That is like declaring war against Venezuela,” he said.