The Min­istry of For­eign and Cari­com Af­fairs says all Trinidad and To­ba­go na­tion­als and per­son­nel sta­tioned at the coun­try’s em­bassy in Cara­cas are safe, se­cure, and ful­ly ac­count­ed for.

Re­spond­ing to ques­tions about the well-be­ing of na­tion­als in Cara­cas af­ter the US mil­i­tary car­ried out sev­er­al strikes on mil­i­tary bases in Venezuela and cap­tured the coun­try’s Pres­i­dent Nico­las Maduro, Min­is­ter Sean Sobers said, “Since ap­prox­i­mate­ly 2.30 am on Sat­ur­day Jan­u­ary 3, the Head of the Trinidad and To­ba­go Mis­sion in Cara­cas has main­tained con­tin­u­ous con­tact with me and with se­nior of­fi­cials at the Min­istry.”

Sobers added, “All mem­bers of the mis­sion are safe, se­cure and ful­ly ac­count­ed for. The mis­sion con­tin­ues to pro­vide reg­u­lar brief­in­gs on the sit­u­a­tion in the cap­i­tal city.”