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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