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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Trinidad and Tobago to open its airports to US military as tensions with Venezuela escalate

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The government of Trinidad and Tobago said Monday that it would allow the U.S. military access to its airports in coming weeks as tensions build between the United States and Venezuela.

The announcement comes after the U.S. military recently installed a radar system at the airport in Tobago. The Caribbean country's government has said the radar is being used to fight local crime, and that the small nation would not be used as a launchpad to attack any other country.

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