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June 10, 2025

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St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves has urged both Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela to exercise restraint and resolve their differences peacefully and in line with international law, the Trinidad Guardian reports. “All I would like to do is to urge both neighbours to continue to act peacefully in accordance with international […]

June 6, 2025

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Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has sent a message to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro yesterday: stay out of Trinidad and Tobago territory as any unidentified vessel entering T&T’s waters will be met with deadly force. She also warned T&T citizens—drug and human smugglers who are “masquerading as fishermen”—that if they are caught by […]

June 6, 2025

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Thursday, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned four Guyanese nationals and two Colombian nationals responsible for trafficking tons of cocaine from South America to the United States, Europe, and the Caribbean. Thursday’s sanctions target drug traffickers utilizing boats and narco-subs to traffic ton-quantities of cocaine, along with an alleged […]

June 4, 2025

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Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Defence has said it is aware of recent reports concerning a claim made by the President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, alleging the infiltration by Colombian paramilitary groups into eastern Venezuela through Trinidad and Tobago. In response to these claims, the Ministry of Defence says it has initiated a comprehensive investigation. […]

May 29, 2025

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The elections held by Venezuela to appoint a governor over Guyana’s Essequibo region were nothing but a desperate and fraudulent sham. This was the position of General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, as he spoke during his weekly press conference on Thursday. “Those elections were a failure by any standard. […]

May 29, 2025

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The Guyana Defence Force troops stationed at Eteringbang and Makapa, along the Guyana–Venezuela border, are engaged in efforts to locate one of its ranks, Lance Corporal Stefon Tudor, who was part of a riverine patrol in the Cuyuni River, Region Seven. According to a release, Lance Corporal Tudor reportedly fell into the river in the […]

May 25, 2025

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Venezuelans are casting their ballots in legislative and regional elections under the shadow of a heightened government crackdown and opposition leaders calling for a boycott. Sunday’s elections are the first to allow comprehensive voter participation since last year’s disputed presidential vote, which President Nicolas Maduro claimed to have won despite contradictory evidence. It […]

May 24, 2025

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Venezuela’s controversial plan to hold regional elections in Guyana’s Essequibo region on 25 May (tomorrow) has been widely regarded as a sham exercise. Regional organisations and legal experts have condemned the move as a blatant violation of international law and a direct challenge to Guyana’s sovereignty. The elections are being organised despite clear warnings from […]

May 24, 2025

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President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali has reiterated the call for the Venezuelan Government to respect Guyana’s internationally recognised borders. Guyana’s borders were established by the 1899 Arbitral Award, which indefinitely settled the land boundary between Guyana (then British Guiana) and Venezuela. Guyana’s Head of State was, at the time, delivering his feature address at the […]

May 23, 2025

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Prime Minister Mark Phillips has described Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton’s presentation in Parliament today as “most unpatriotic,” as he firmly rebuffed criticisms levelled against the government’s handling of the Venezuela border controversy. The Prime Minister’s remarks came after Norton, before walking out of the House with fellow opposition members, rejected a government-backed motion on the […]

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St Vincent PM urges calm in Venezuela-T&T row

T&T Prime Minister warns Venezuela of deadly force

Treasury targets network trafficking cocaine to the U.S. and Europe

T&T says no evidence to support Maduro’s paramilitary claims

Jagdeo rebukes Venezuela’s sham elections, chides opposition ‘walkout’

Search underway for missing GDF Lance Corporal

Venezuelans vote amid boycott calls and fears of government repression

At a glance: Venezuela’s sham elections and border controversy

President to Venezuela: ‘Don’t cross the fence — we are peaceful, but not weak’

Prime Minister describes Norton’s presentation in House as ‘most unpatriotic’

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Rodrigues-Birkett says nomination for top UN post 'an honour and a privilege'

Bath Market vendors to get safer, cleaner facility by August

STRIDE592 tackles self-esteem, bullying among young girls with sport, mentorship programme

Rodrigues-Birkett says nomination for top UN post ‘an honour and a privilege’