Is Trump Endangering the ‘Caribbean Zone of Peace’?

Last Updated on October 30, 2025 6:40 pm by Editor

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BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS – October 25, 2025

Ever since the US dispatched a sizeable chunk of its military assets to Caribbean waters in August this year, the region has been on edge. The declared purpose of the US move is to interdict the passage of drugs, namely the deadly fentanyl, into the United States.

But some claim that the US is really after Maduro, President of Venezuela, on whose head the US has placed a bounty of $50 million. In other words, they see the US move as aiming at regime change in Venezuela.

Venezuela is Guyana’s South American neighbour and has a long-standing claim on a substantial part of Guyana’s territory.

Earlier in this year, it is alleged that Venezuela issued a threat to Trinidad and Tobago to which that country’s Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, strongly condemned and rebutted.

However, an independent article has surfaced citing the Vice President of Venezuela warning T&T Prime Minister Bessessar that Trump is misleading the country over a Dragon gas field in Venezuelan waters.

Since then, the news has broken that the US administration has asked the Government of Grenada for permission to place a radar at its Maurice Bishop International Airport. It also been alleged that the request included the question of accepting deportees from its intense crackdown of illegal immigrants.

To date the Prime Minister of Grenada, Dickon Mitchell (inset), has not responded and it is appears that the matter has been referred to CARICOM.

In the meantime, the region is abuzz with debate and questions about national sovereignty, independence, drug running, maritime safety and the Caribbean as a zone of peace.

What do you think? Was the Caribbean ever a zone of peace? Should Grenada go ahead and accede to the US request? Join the discussion.

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