Raphael John-Lall

Venezue­lan Jus­tice Min­is­ter Dios­da­do Ca­bel­lo has ac­cused Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar of be­ing in a “drunk stu­por” and warned of a “force­ful re­sponse” if Trinidad and To­ba­go al­lows the Unit­ed States mil­i­tary to use its ter­ri­to­ry to at­tack Venezuela.

The re­marks mark the first pub­lic re­ac­tion from a se­nior Venezue­lan Gov­ern­ment of­fi­cial since Per­sad-Bisses­sar crit­i­cised Cari­com for align­ing it­self with Venezuela, which she de­scribed as a “dic­ta­tor­ship,” in a state­ment post­ed on her X ac­count on Sun­day night.