We the People say: Stop the war with Venezuela. Reaffirm the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace. Humanity first not bombs, not bravado.
Filed under: Peace • Caribbean • Civic Duty
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and talks like a duck… when do we admit it’s a duck? When hints of war are framed as “readiness,” the consequence is the same: lives at risk.
The language may sound cautious “ready to strike,” “joint training,” “defensive posture” but the positioning says otherwise. A Miami Herald headline declares the United States is “ready to strike military targets inside Venezuela.” Whether fully verified or not, the implication is chilling: preparations for war in our own Caribbean neighborhood.
The Tell-Tale Signs
Over recent weeks, U.S. warships and stealth aircraft have lingered across the southern Caribbean. The USS Gravely, an Arleigh Burke–class destroyer, docked in Trinidad & Tobago on a “friendly mission” to train coast guards and meet schoolchildren. Photographs showed smiles and flags; behind the optics, analysts note that extended port stays often coincide with intelligence coordination and reconnaissance staging. There is no proof but suspicion is earned when presence exceeds protocol and when diplomacy sails under the camouflage of goodwill.
🇹🇹 Shadows and Signals
Observers in the region quietly ask: is the government of Trinidad & Tobago drifting from CARICOM’s long-held Zone of Peace stance? Officially, Port of Spain says it values cooperation with all partners. Unofficially, its willingness to host U.S. assets so close to Venezuelan waters looks less like neutrality and more like collaboration in a covert play. That claim is unverified yet, when patterns repeat, the doubts write themselves.
