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The Network of NGOs for the Advancement of Women is fearful of possible ramifications should there be an invasion of Venezuela by the United States.


It says, nothing is worth the carnage that comes from war.


Alicia Boucher has the details.
Transcript
00:00director of the network of ngos for the advancement of women carol noel takes a stand
00:06against u.s military action in the caribbean which has seen the destruction of five vessels
00:11and the deaths of 27 people she like many others calls for the caribbean to remain a zone of peace
00:19we don't want war we do not want drones whizzing over the heads of our children and our homes
00:26no deal that can be offered to get our economy out of the present crisis can be worth living in a war
00:36zone if that is the bargaining chip then we say do not take place lives being treated as if they're
00:47worthless and killing machines everywhere according to noel the impact can be imagined from scenes which
00:54came out of gaza where there was a ceasefire days ago after two years of war with israel the network
01:00of angels for the advancement for women is convinced that the impact of war is gravest on women and
01:08children we as women regardless of our height our size or our age know that our children are part of
01:18our heritage and our legacy and we want peace she says tnt is already plagued by crime including gang
01:26violence and that has taken a toll on the citizenry and it affects us it affects us so badly that we are
01:33seeing it in all stratas and all levels of society but to have an external set of things coming on us now
01:43as a war when david talk about the battleships and the warships and the destructive machinery that will
01:55come here we are not a big place like gaza look what happened in gaza and she questions if tnt can't
02:03withstand a possible spillover should any war begin in venezuela if that take place here in trinidad will
02:09we still have an island we have to raise our voice and stop this from happening raise our voice and
02:16say we want peace and we want here to be a zone of peace regardless of if we are strategically placed
02:23too close to other places let us have a zone of peace and i raise my right hand to the maker the universe
02:32and say lord help us continue to be with us father guide us as you have in the past alicia boucher tv6 news
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