Trinidad and Tobago signed off on letting American military planes use their airports over the next few weeks, and the opposition is losing it over what the government keeps calling a standard logistics thing. Foreign Minister Sean Sobers says it covers supply runs and crew swaps, and he pointed to past benefits like joint training ops and a radar setup that helps catch drug shipments. Former Foreign Minister Amery Browne went off on the radio, saying the country never gave open-ended clearance like this before and that it breaks from how CARICOM usually handles foreign military stuff.
The approval lines up with heavier US counter-narcotics activity around the Caribbean, which Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar backs, even though other regional governments want the area kept as a peace zone. Venezuela has been griping that Washington uses drug enforcement as cover for trying to mess with the Maduro regime. The government did not say how many flights are coming through or give hard timelines beyond the vague coming weeks language.
The approval lines up with heavier US counter-narcotics activity around the Caribbean, which Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar backs, even though other regional governments want the area kept as a peace zone. Venezuela has been griping that Washington uses drug enforcement as cover for trying to mess with the Maduro regime. The government did not say how many flights are coming through or give hard timelines beyond the vague coming weeks language.
