After several warnings from the Venezuelan government were directed at Trinidad and Tobago over the past few days, Minister in the Ministry of Housing Phillip Edward Alexander took to his social media yesterday, suggesting the government of India would “nuke” Venezuela in defence of the Caribbean island.

On Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar had “gone crazy”, and that her welcoming of the US military action and lethal strikes on Venezuelan vessels had read like a “declaration of war” against ­Venezuela.

On Sunday, Venezuela’s Minister of Defence, Vladimir Padrino Lopez, issued a warning to the country that any attack on Venezuela launched from T&T would receive a response from its military.