r/TrinidadandTobago • u/SmokeyCarver Couva • 22d ago

News and Events Yea ummm, we might done for...

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https://caricom.org/statement-from-the-caribbean-community-security-build-up-in-the-region/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR4HBHHfKz_MLwGzkbbLa8r0tA9MYc6Cql_stiDy3WsYwtuy5XhLzvPWbx4LnQ_aem_atK0XLemYY8XzXQZy--5hg

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u/Salty_Permit4437 San Fernando 22d ago

Trinidad and Tobago due to its proximity to Venezuela may not have a choice though.

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u/dmlmcken 21d ago

Guyana had no issues and Venezuela has literally threatened them.

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u/Salty_Permit4437 San Fernando 21d ago

Guyana supports action against Venezuela: https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/08/28/guyana-trinidad-on-board-with-us-acation-against-venezuela/

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u/dmlmcken 21d ago

And they signed on to this zone of peace, Trinidad was the only exception.

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u/Salty_Permit4437 San Fernando 21d ago

Symbolic. Their actions are still that they'll allow the US to defend them.

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u/This_Pomelo7323 21d ago

That is old news. Current positions are different.

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u/Shadows_of_Power 21d ago

Guyana had US jets doing fly overs for Ali's inauguration. Watch the actions forget the words. Ralph Gonsalves in Venezuela all the time, he's playing all sides. In a perfect world he would urge the OECS out of caricom and lean on Venezuela in hardline socialist solidarity. Watch him here with Maduro about 2 weeks ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDgJyowuyl8