RUBIO CALLS ON PM YOUNG TO SUPPORT MOVES AGAINST VENEZUELA

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called on Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Stuart Young to support moves against Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro’s administration.

The call came during a bilateral meeting in Kingston, Jamaica on Wednesday.

Following the talks, the US state department issued a limited statement, saying Rubio and Young discussed the Trump administration’s decision to name the dangerous Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation.

Rubio encouraged Prime Minister Young to join the United States and other Caribbean democracies in limiting what he described as malign influence in the region.

The statement said nothing about the Dragon gas field, located in Venezuelan waters, which Trinidad and Tobago has been hoping to exploit with the backing of the US.

The Trump regime has taken a hard stance against Venezuelan oil and gas extraction, production and sales, by threatening heavy sanctions against countries that do energy business with the Maduro regime.