Trinidad PM rejects claims installation is in support of US campaign but opposition says ‘they have sold soul of nation’
How the US pressure campaign against Venezuela unfolded in the Caribbean
The revelation that Trinidad and Tobago has approved the installation of a US military radar installation has stoked fears that the Caribbean could be drawn into the escalating crisis between the US and Venezuela.
Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, had attempted to allay concerns about a US C-17 aircraft that had landed in the country, claiming it was carrying marines to assist with a road construction project. She also claimed she was told that no marines remained in the country.
But images and videos later emerged of US marines at a Tobago hotel and of a radar installation on the island.
