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Hours after US President Donald Trump’s warning to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro that his days in power were numbered, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar maintains that the US military build-up in the region is aimed at combating drug trafficking, not regime change. She also reiterated that no request has been made for Trinidad and Tobago to serve as a base for potential attacks on Venezuelan soil.
However, international relations expert Dr Anthony Gonzales believes Trump’s actions make it clear that the objective goes beyond drug interdiction, aiming instead to remove the Maduro regime. He now questions how the Persad-Bissessar Government would respond if land strikes were to begin.
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