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Trinidad and To­ba­go au­thor­i­ties are on high alert fol­low­ing a se­cu­ri­ty ad­vi­so­ry is­sued by the Unit­ed States Em­bassy to its cit­i­zens, but Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Roger Alexan­der stressed there is no im­me­di­ate threat to cit­i­zens.

The ad­vi­so­ry, is­sued yes­ter­day, warned US cit­i­zens to avoid all gov­ern­ment fa­cil­i­ties in Trinidad and To­ba­go over the Di­vali hol­i­day week­end, cit­ing un­spec­i­fied threats. The Em­bassy urged Amer­i­cans to stay vig­i­lant, mon­i­tor cred­i­ble news sources, and re­port any sus­pi­cious ac­tiv­i­ty.

Thou­sands of pro­test­ers al­so ral­lied across the coun­try in ‘No Kings’ events op­pos­ing US Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump’s ad­min­is­tra­tion, though Alexan­der said the ad­vi­so­ry ap­pears to be linked in­stead to ten­sions be­tween the US and Venezuela.