Several Caribbean governments have expressed concern or outright rejection of Trinidad and Tobago’s recent collaboration with the United States in joint military exercises, which Venezuela has denounced as aggressive and interventionist. teleSUR
00:00The current government of Trinidad and Tobago's collaboration with the militarization of the Caribbean by U.S. forces leaves the country increasingly isolated in a region that demands peace and respect for international law.
00:11Governments and peoples of Caribbean countries have denounced the intimidating maneuvers of the Department of War and the constant threat against the Bolivar Republic of Venezuela.
00:19The influential Trinidad politician and former minister Keith Rowley has expressed his deep rejection of Kamala Persad-Picessar's decision discriminated as grave and dangerous and irresponsible.
00:34The former prime minister gave a detailed account of how he and other Caribbean leaders have maintained a firm stance against the interference of powers in the region.
00:44I am so disturbed about this.
00:47You will recall, not too long ago, there was a situation where the United States government led arguments, OAS and the European Union, about regime change in Venezuela.
01:07And it got very heated and it got to the point where people were expecting physical action.
01:18The European Union had given Maduro eight days to leave office.
01:23The Canadians had said to us in Caricom, time for talk over.
01:28And our question was, time for what now?
01:32And of course, the United States had its view on Venezuela and the details.
01:38You carried it in your media.
01:39You know all about it.
01:41How did Trinidad and Tobago react to that situation?
01:46Trinidad and Tobago, as a leader in Caricom, on that matter,
01:50took a leadership role to preserve the Caribbean as a zone of peace.
01:58And we headed to New York.
02:03The prime minister of Barbados and myself,
02:06we went to the office of the secretary general of the United Nations
02:12to take a different position on the Venezuelan issue.
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