Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar stated that her country rejects the Caribbean Community's (CARICOM) alignment with Venezuela's Maduro government, citing opposition to dictatorship and drug trafficking, in an X post shared within the 29 minutes ending at 12:16 AM UTC on December 22, 2025. Persad-Bissessar wrote on X: "CARICOM has aligned itself with the Maduro narco government headed by a dictator who has imprisoned or killed thousands of Venezuelans who oppose him. Trinidad and Tobago wants no part of that alignment, we don’t support dictatorship and drug trafficking and we don’t support," according to the post at https://x.com/PM_Kamla/status/2002876934833754538. A separate X post by @Delta1337169 stated "Duckies are in the air 🦆" within the same reporting window, according to https://x.com/Delta1337169/status/2002853377299157453. This statement from Persad-Bissessar follows U.S. enforcement actions against Venezuelan oil tankers off the coast earlier on December 21, including the boarding of a third tanker reported at 11:46 PM UTC, as detailed in prior coverage citing Bloomberg and Financial Times.
