{"id":262216,"date":"2025-12-23T13:52:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T17:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=262216"},"modified":"2025-12-23T13:52:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T17:52:31","slug":"us-congressman-backs-trinidad-pm-as-she-denounces-caricom-and-venezuelas-maduro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/us-congressman-backs-trinidad-pm-as-she-denounces-caricom-and-venezuelas-maduro\/","title":{"rendered":"US Congressman Backs Trinidad PM as She Denounces CARICOM and Venezuela\u2019s Maduro"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-3807725583\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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She has also argued that Venezuela has repeatedly threatened Guyana and implied territorial claims involving Trinidad and Tobago.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2432551162\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:132\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:450\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:675\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:842\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1124\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Her stance marks a shift from Trinidad and Tobago\u2019s traditional support for CARICOM\u2019s emphasis on dialogue and non-militarisation, and has fuelled renewed regional debate over foreign policy alignment and security priorities.<\/p>\n<div id=\"antig-1859426149\" class=\"antig-in-comments_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/@hadeedmotorsltd\" aria-label=\"Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Congressman Carlos Gimenez has publicly backed Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar over her sharp criticism of CARICOM and Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro. In a post on X on Monday, Gimenez quoted Persad-Bissessar\u2019s remarks dismissing the Caribbean\u2019s long-standing \u201czone of peace\u201d doctrine as \u201cfakery,\u201d and praised her support for US policy toward Venezuela, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":262217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-262216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>US Congressman Backs Trinidad PM as She Denounces CARICOM and Venezuela\u2019s Maduro - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/us-congressman-backs-trinidad-pm-as-she-denounces-caricom-and-venezuelas-maduro\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US Congressman Backs Trinidad PM as She Denounces CARICOM and Venezuela\u2019s Maduro\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"US Congressman Carlos Gimenez has publicly backed Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar over her sharp criticism of CARICOM and Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro. 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