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Two United States military transport aircraft arrived in Trinidad and Tobago yesterday, marking the first recorded movements since the Ministry of Foreign and Caricom Affairs announced on Monday that it had granted formal transit permission for US assets.
The activity coincided with an announcement by United States President Donald Trump that he had ordered a blockade of all “sanctioned oil tankers” into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on Nicolás Maduro.
In announcing the blockade on social media yesterday, Trump said, “Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the history of South America. It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the United States of America all of the oil, land, and other assets that they previously stole from us.”
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