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Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has made it clear that Trinidad and Tobago is not involved in the blockade ordered by United States President Donald Trump targeting all “sanctioned oil tankers” entering Venezuela.
On Tuesday, President Trump said the large US naval armada now amassed in the Caribbean “will only get bigger.” In a social media post, Trump said, “Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest armada ever assembled in the history of South America. It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the United States of America all of the oil, land, and other assets that they previously stole from us.”
The ramping up of pressure on Caracas came after US forces last week seized an oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast, an unusual move that followed a build-up of US military forces in the region.
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