00:00The visit of the U.S. warship four days ago, which stirred up public debate as geopolitical tensions between the United States and Venezuela continue to escalate, has ended.
00:11The USS gravely left this morning.
00:14According to the government, the warship which carried U.S. Marines on board came to Trinidad as part of our joint five-day training exercise with the TTDF.
00:23In recent weeks, the U.S. has built up its naval power and troops in the Caribbean fighting illegal drugs.
00:30The Trump administration, without providing evidence, accused the Venezuelan government of being involved in smuggling drugs.
00:37Now that the warship has left the shores of Trinidad, some citizens expressed a sigh of relief while others remained confused as to why the ship was here.
00:46How to really feel, really and truly, the nation that come together on this and together, clear understanding what was really that ship, what the ship really about, what it was really about.
01:01You see, we really had to come together, as I say.
01:05Come together and the nation had to come together, guys.
01:08I don't understand how that, who is all that.
01:11So you still have an unanswered question as to why the ship was here.
01:16Yeah, guys, I don't know what the purpose, they say something, but we didn't really understand clear what was really the purpose.
01:23I feel very good about it because it was making a lot of people very uneasy, you know, so probably it's a good thing.
01:28It's not a good and it's bad, you know, so probably to me, in my opinion, it's a good thing.
01:32I felt a bit conflicted, but at the same time, I felt a bit relieved due to the growing tensions between Venezuela and Trinidad and, well, with the U.S. heightening, like, sending more, like, how to buy troops also to the Caribbean.
01:49Venezuela, to me, under the dictatorship of Maduro, to me, I find he needs to be removed from being president of Venezuela so they can come back to be in a peaceful country and, well, for the Caribbean to finally be at peace again.
02:07During the ship's visit to Trinidad, some 35 students and 15 teachers from a Roman Catholic school in Cedras got a chance to tour the USS Gravely.
02:17The ship's departure comes as the largest aircraft carrier in the world makes its way to the Caribbean.
02:23That is being seen by the TT government as a battle by the U.S. against narco-terrorism.
02:29Charlotte Kisto, TV6 News.
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