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Pedro Camacho

Maduro Suspends Deal With Trinidad and Tobago, Accuses Country of Becoming 'An Aircraft Carrier of the American Empire'

Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro (Credit: Photo by Alfredo Lasry R/Getty Images)

Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro has ordered the immediate suspension of a major natural-gas agreement with Trinidad and Tobago, accusing the Caribbean nation of aligning itself with the United States after it received a U.S. warship to conduct military drills.

Maduro said he approved "the immediate suspension of all effects of the energy agreement and everything agreed on in that matter," citing the arrival of the guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely in Port of Spain for joint military exercises.

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