OPPOSITION Senator Dr Amery Browne has questioned Trinidad and Tobago’s participation in the Shield of the Ameri­cas, a United States-led coalition to combat drug trafficking.

Speaking yesterday at a People’s National Movement (PNM) news conference, at the Office of the Opposition, Charles Street, Port of Spain, he said the public was first informed of such an arrangement in August 2025 when US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that T&T was among Caribbean and Latin American countries involved in a coalition aimed at stopping the flow of drugs into the US.

Browne said the Prime Minister must now explain whether the coalition she recently referred to is the same arrangement.