"The government of Nicolas Maduro denounced on Monday that Trinidad and Tobago participated in the seizure of a tanker carrying 1.9 million barrels of oil that the United States intercepted last week off the coast of Venezuela. Caracas has deemed this operation an act of piracy and has therefore decided to immediately break off all negotiations and contracts with the small Caribbean nation for the supply of natural gas, which fall under the Framework Agreement on Energy Cooperation signed between both countries a decade ago."
"This official has turned the territory of Trinidad and Tobago into a U.S. aircraft carrier to attack Venezuela, in an unequivocal act of subservience, the Venezuelan Vice Presidency said in a statement, alluding to the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar. Given her complicity in stealing oil, the Bolivarian Government of President Nicolas Maduro is terminating any contract or negotiation that involves the supply of gas to this neighboring country. Hostilities with the neighboring island nation have been escalating in recent times."
Venezuela accused Trinidad and Tobago of participating in the seizure of a tanker carrying 1.9 million barrels of oil that the United States intercepted off Venezuela's coast. Caracas labeled the operation an act of piracy and immediately terminated all negotiations and contracts for natural gas supply under the decade-old Framework Agreement on Energy Cooperation. The Venezuelan vice presidency characterized Port of Spain as a U.S. aircraft carrier and blamed Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar for complicity. The Bolivarian Government announced termination of any gas supply negotiations. Hostilities have escalated, and Caracas previously alleged a false flag plot to target U.S. military installations in Trinidad and Tobago to justify attacks on Venezuelan territory.
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