“Today just like yesterday was a normal day in Trinidad and Tobago. What happened in Venezuela had nothing to do with Trinidad and Tobago. Citizens just like myself went about our normal business.”

So said Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday, in response to concerns about her whereabouts and her failure to address the nation following the capture of Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, by United States armed forces on Saturday morning.

A news conference was held yesterday at the Uni­ted National Congress (UNC) Chaguanas headquarters, where Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs Sean Sobers was among the speakers.