"Tensions have grown between Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago over support for US military action in the Caribbean. Venezuela has declared Trinidad and Tobago's prime minister a persona non grata, as the two countries continue to feud over United States military activity in the Caribbean Sea. On Tuesday, Venezuela's National Assembly voted in favour of the sanction against Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, who has been sparring with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. It designates her as unwelcome in the country and bars her from entering."
"Persad-Bissessar is one of the few Caribbean leaders to applaud the build-up of US military forces in the Caribbean as well as its bombing campaign against alleged drug-trafficking boats. I, along with most of the country, am happy that the US naval deployment is having success in their mission, Persad-Bissessar said shortly after the first missile strike was announced on September 2. I have no sympathy for traffickers; the US military should kill them all, violently."
"Just this week, Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs Yvan Gil Pinto told the United Nations General Assembly that the US strikes were an illegal and completely immoral military threat hanging over our heads. Legal experts have compared the bombing campaign with extrajudicial killings, citing likely violations of international law. At least 13 strikes have occurred so far against 14 maritime vessels, most of them small boats. An estimated 57 people have been killed in the US attacks."
Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago entered a diplomatic dispute after Venezuela's National Assembly sanctioned Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar as persona non grata, barring her entry. The dispute centers on Persad-Bissessar's public support for a US naval build-up and missile strikes targeting alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean. Persad-Bissessar praised the US deployment and said the military should "kill them all, violently," prompting condemnation from Venezuela. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil Pinto called the strikes illegal and immoral at the UN General Assembly. Legal experts likened the bombing campaign to extrajudicial killings. At least 13 strikes targeted 14 vessels, killing an estimated 57 people.
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