Gonsalves criticises T&T’s support for US military strikes in the Caribbean

PRIME MINISTER of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, has labelled the Trinidad and Tobago government’s support for ongoing US military action in the Caribbean as “misguided”.

Speaking on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at The University of the West Indies Vice Chancellor’s Forum on Promises, Passports and Possibilities – Free Movement, the CSME and the Caribbean Regionalization Project, Gonsalves expressed concern over the implications of US airstrikes on vessels in the region. He urged the Trinidadian government to reconsider its stance, warning that “one state’s action should not interfere in the business of another state”.

Gonsalves said if the ultimate goal of these US strikes is regime change in Venezuela, the entire Caribbean could be destabilised.

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