Caribbean governments divided on US warship diplomacy as local fishers worry they could become collateral damage
At the Otaheite fishing depot on Trinidad’s west coast, fishers are busy gutting their morning catch on tables. Mounds of conch and small bait are stacked as wooden canoe-like fishing boats bob idly offshore.
On a day as clear as this, the mountains in Venezuela are visible on the horizon, so close is the island to the South American mainland. The Gulf of Paria, which separates the two countries, is deceptively calm. But many in the Caribbean fear a coming storm.
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