{"id":53080,"date":"2025-10-26T20:12:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T20:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-warship-docks-in-trinidad-and-tobago-amid-rising-tensions-with-venezuela\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T20:12:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T20:12:29","slug":"u-s-warship-docks-in-trinidad-and-tobago-amid-rising-tensions-with-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-warship-docks-in-trinidad-and-tobago-amid-rising-tensions-with-venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. warship docks in Trinidad and Tobago amid rising tensions with Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A U.S. warship docked in\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-embassy-trinidad-and-tobago-alert-venezuela-tensions\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Trinidad and Tobago<\/a><\/span>&#8216;s capital on Sunday as the Trump administration boosts its military pressure on neighboring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/venezuela\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Venezuela<\/a> and President\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/nicolas-maduro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Nicol\u00e1s Maduro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The arrival of the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-warships-venezuela-trump-nicolas-maduro-tension-drug-cartel-accusations\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">USS Gravely<\/a><\/span>, a guided missile destroyer, in the capital of the Caribbean nation joins the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. 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Maduro criticized the movement of the carrier as an attempt by the U.S government to fabricate &#8220;a new eternal war&#8221; against his country.<\/p>\n<p>President\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-maduro-venezuela-united-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Trump has accused Maduro<\/a><\/span>, without providing evidence, of being the leader of the organized crime gang <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/venezuelan-gang-tren-de-aragua-us-sanctions-leaders-affiliates\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Tren de Aragua<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Government officials from the twin-island nation and the U.S. said the massive warship will remain in Trinidad until Thursday so both countries can carry out training exercises.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/26\/35ad5abe-f50b-4ab8-b493-3b718f0a8b43\/thumbnail\/620x414\/bf4ef66ecb20c985d137aa849ef2546d\/ap25299602526129.jpg#\" alt=\"Trinidad Tobago US Ship \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/26\/35ad5abe-f50b-4ab8-b493-3b718f0a8b43\/thumbnail\/620x414\/bf4ef66ecb20c985d137aa849ef2546d\/ap25299602526129.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/26\/35ad5abe-f50b-4ab8-b493-3b718f0a8b43\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/21ca62ae796639bb383b2beefd94d2b9\/ap25299602526129.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">The USS Gravely destroyer arrives to dock for military exercises in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Robert Taylor \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A senior military official in Trinidad and Tobago told The Associated Press that the move was only recently scheduled. The official spoke under the condition of anonymity due to a lack of authorization to discuss the matter publicly.<\/p>\n<p>Kamla Persad-Bissessar, the prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, has been a vocal supporter of the U.S. military presence and the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/colombian-killed-us-strike-fisherman-wife-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">deadly strikes on suspected drug boats<\/a><\/span> in waters off Venezuela. The Trump administration\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-tells-congress-armed-conflict-drug-cartels-venezuela-boat-strikes\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">has said<\/a><\/span>\u00a0the U.S. is in a &#8220;non-international armed conflict&#8221; with drug cartels, arguing that the narcotics they smuggle kill tens of thousands of Americans every year, constituting an &#8220;armed attack.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The wife of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/colombian-killed-us-strike-fisherman-wife-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Alejandro Carranza<\/a><\/span>, one of the more than 30 people killed in the strikes, claimed he left home on Colombia&#8217;s Caribbean coast to fish in open waters and denied he had any link to drug trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview aired Sunday on CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face the Nation,&#8221; Sen. Lindsey Graham said land strikes in Venezuela are a &#8220;real possibility&#8221; amid rising tensions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think President Trump&#8217;s made a decision that Maduro, the leader of Venezuela, is an indicted drug trafficker, that it&#8217;s time for him to go. That Venezuela and Colombia have been safe havens for narco terrorists for too long,&#8221; the Republican senator told Margaret Brennan. &#8220;And President Trump told me yesterday that he plans to brief members of Congress when he gets back from Asia about future potential military operations against Venezuela and Colombia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Embassy Charg\u00e9 d&#8217;Affaires Jenifer Neidhart de Ortiz said in a statement that the exercises seek to &#8220;address shared threats like transnational crime and build resilience through training, humanitarian missions, and security efforts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The visit comes one week after the U.S. Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-embassy-trinidad-and-tobago-alert-venezuela-tensions\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">warned Americans to stay away from U.S. government facilities there<\/a><\/span>. Local authorities said a reported threat against Americans prompted the warning.<\/p>\n<p>People in Trinidad and Tobago have criticize the warship&#8217;s docking in town at a recent demonstration outside the U.S. Embassy.\u00a0 David Abdulah, the leader of the Movement for Social Justice political party, said Trinidad and Tobago should not have allowed the warship into its waters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a warship in Trinidad, which will be anchored here for several days just miles off Venezuela when there&#8217;s a threat of war,&#8221; said Abdulah, who is also the leader of the Movement for Social Justice political party. &#8220;That&#8217;s an abomination.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Caricom, a regional trade bloc made up of 15 Caribbean countries, has called for dialogue. 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