CARACAS / LONDON (IT BOLTWISE) – Tensions between Venezuela and Trinidad are escalating after a US warship arrived in Trinidad. Venezuela’s government sees this as a provocation and is threatening to terminate energy agreements.
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Relations between Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago are facing a new test. Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodriguez has announced that the energy agreements with the island nation should be terminated. The background to this decision is the arrival of a US warship in Trinidad, which is taking part in joint military exercises with the Trinidadian Navy. This development is viewed by Venezuela as a hostile act.
The USS Gravely, a guided-missile destroyer, is part of a controversial US campaign to destroy Venezuelan speedboats allegedly carrying drugs to the US. Trinidad’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissesar supports these measures and has said she would rather see drug smugglers “blasted to pieces” than endanger her country’s citizens.
Venezuela sees the US military presence in the Caribbean as a threat and suspects it is part of a plan to remove President Nicolas Maduro from power. Tensions between the United States and Venezuela have escalated in recent weeks after the Trump administration announced the deployment of the largest aircraft carrier to the southern Caribbean.
Venezuela’s decision to terminate energy agreements with Trinidad could have far-reaching economic consequences. The two countries are separated by a narrow strait and have worked closely together in the past to develop natural gas reserves. However, the current crisis could have a lasting impact on cooperation in the region.
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