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Natricia Duncan, and Kejan Haynes in Port of Spain

Radar revelation stokes fears Caribbean could be drawn into US-Venezuela crisis

Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Trinidad and Tobago prime minister, at the state department in Washington in September 2025. Photograph: Mark Schiefelbein/AP

The revelation that Trinidad and Tobago has approved the installation of a US military radar facility has stoked fears that the Caribbean could be drawn into the escalating crisis between the US and Venezuela.

Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, had attempted to allay concerns about a US C-17 aircraft that had landed in the country, claiming it was carrying marines to assist with a road construction project. She also claimed she was told that no marines remained in the country.

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