Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said Caricom has proven to be an unreliable partner, as it has chosen Venezuela over Trinidad and Tobago.

In an interview on Ian Alleyne’s Crime Watch programme on Monday night, the Prime Minister was asked whether she believes she has the full support of regional heads in Caricom regarding Trinidad and Tobago’s position in support of the United States’ war on narco-trafficking and cartels.

Persad-Bissessar acknowledged that she does not, reiterating that while others call for the Caribbean to remain a “zone of peace,” the reality is that Trinidad and Tobago is far from it, suffering from record murder rates and the trafficking of guns, drugs, and humans.