Cit­i­zens of Trinidad and To­ba­go have re­spond­ed im­me­di­ate­ly to the an­nounce­ment that the Unit­ed State has can­celled li­cences to al­low this coun­try to ex­tract and de­vel­op gas from Venezue­lan wa­ters.

Prime Min­is­ter Stu­art Young an­nounced on Tues­day that he was in­formed by the US Gov­ern­ment that both li­cences giv­en by the US Of­fice of For­eign As­sets Con­trol for the Drag­on and Cocuina-Man­akin fields had been re­voked.

Giv­en that Trinidad and To­ba­go is due to hold a gen­er­al elec­tion on April 28, sev­er­al of the com­ments on Face­book were crit­i­cal of the gov­ern­ment for pur­su­ing the project, while oth­ers made a point that re­gard­less of which par­ty is in pow­er, the loss of these li­cences is bad for T&T's econ­o­my.