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SENATOR Dr Amery Browne accused Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar of undermining Caricom's solidarity and its chances of showing a united front on the current impasse in which US warships are approaching the coast of Venezuela ostensibly to fight narco-trafficking cartels operating in the Southern Caribbean.

The US has put a US$50 million bounty on the head of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro who it accuses of being in league with the Tren de Aragua gang and of heading the Cartel de los Soles trafficking network.

Browne first chided the government for seemingly having expressed three bizarrely different positions on the issue in its members' recent utterances. He said Minister of Foreign Affairs Sean Sobers had appeared neutral, after which Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar expressed full support for the US, followed by TT ambassador to Caricom Ralph Maraj allegedly supporting regime change in Caracas.