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  • 2 years ago
As the situation between Guyana and Venezuela develops, many nationals of Trinidad and Tobago are looking on with concern. Senior Broadcast Journalist Rynessa Cutting and cameraman Devon Parker took to the streets to get the view of the people.
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00:00 With tensions heightening between Venezuela and Guyana by the second, many eyes are on
00:05 Trinidad and Tobago to see what our next move or our next statement will be.
00:09 Now the government has already stated that its position is CARICOM's official position.
00:15 But what do the people of TNT think?
00:17 Let's find out.
00:19 As Aghanis National, what are your sentiments on this situation?
00:25 Okay, so as both Aghanis and Trinidad National, I feel like the Trinidad and Tobago government
00:32 has more of a responsibility to have a more active role in arbitrating the situation.
00:40 I think as leaders in the region, Trinidad should be a little bit more proactive and
00:44 also as CARICOM leaders, we should be a little more proactive in how we treat with this.
00:50 I feel like generally when it comes to Trinidad and Tobago foreign policy, we have a really
00:54 reactive approach.
00:55 I know that whole situation will blow out of proportion and it will affect us as well,
01:02 but I'm more looking at it like that it will increase the number of Venezuelans coming
01:06 into the country as well and it may also affect our oil as well.
01:11 So more or less that is my perception of the whole thing.
01:14 God has to intervene some way, yeah, because if they don't come together, you know, there
01:22 could be a war and be in the middle, you know, but then what can happen?
01:27 I find Maduro should leave the people and them.
01:32 They now get oil and like he want to take the oil from them and it doesn't go on the
01:37 world.
01:38 I'm praying for that, it doesn't go on nothing.
01:39 I feel it will come to one conclusion.
01:42 Okay, so you're just being optimistic about the situation?
01:46 Yes.
01:47 I feel just be normal and be nice to each other, you understand?
01:52 Because we don't really need that war.
01:53 You see what's going on like down in Afghanistan, the Middle East and things, so we don't want
01:59 that kind of thing in Trinidad and Tobago.
02:02 So come to the border, you know, so that would be dangerous.
02:05 We should back our Caribbean brother and support them instead of Venezuela because if you look
02:13 at it, next thing you know Venezuela want to say Trinidad is part of Venezuela.
02:17 As our leaders always say in the street, Trinidad was part of Venezuela.
02:20 So I feel we should back the Guyanese and them 100%.
02:24 But you're aware as well that we have critical trade deals, oil deals with Venezuela, drug
02:29 and gas etc.
02:30 Yes, there's drug and gas and etc.
02:32 But if we take it, because we have them critical deals with Venezuela, we should turn back
02:37 on our brothers?
02:38 I don't think so.
02:39 I think we should back Guyana 100%.
02:41 Even as Guyana has urged the United Nations Security Council to do everything in its power
02:50 to hold Venezuela accountable and to ensure that peace is maintained in the region, the
02:56 United States today confirmed that it has conducted flight operations together with
03:01 the Guyana Defense Force as the two seek to strengthen their security partnerships.
03:07 Renessa Cutting, TV6 News.
03:09 [BLANK_AUDIO]
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