OPPOSITION Leader Pennelope Beckles has criticised Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar for not expressing any concern about the well-being of Trinidad and Tobago staff based at the embassy in Caracas following a US military strike in the Venezuelan capital on January 3.

In a statement, Beckles said, “We have taken note of the Prime Minister’s three-line statement this morning, which made no reference to the fact that Trinidad and Tobago has an embassy with staff in Caracas. We place on record our concern for the safety and welfare of the staff and all TT nationals in Venezuela,” she said in a statement.

Beckles regarded the attack as “deeply troubling.”