Trinidad and Tobago to Open Airports to US Military
Marines have already started installing a radar system at one of the airports on the two-island Caribbean nation about 7 miles from Venezuela.
People watch and take pictures of the USS Gravely, a US Navy warship, departing the Port of Port-of-Spain on Oct. 30, 2025. Martin Bernetti/AFP via Getty Images
Caribbean nation Trinidad and Tobago will open its airports to the U.S. military in the coming weeks as tensions continue to build between the United States and Venezuela.
The small two-island nation off the coast of Venezuela reaffirmed its security agreement with the United States Monday.
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