US warship departs Trinidad and Tobago after exercise amid Venezuela tensions

Quelle: AFP (Glomex)

A US guided-missile destroyer that had been docked for four days in Trinidad and Tobago, within firing range of mainland Venezuela -- which called its presence a "provocation" -- departs as scheduled. The USS Gravely arrived in Trinidad and Tobago on October 24, deepening a diplomatic row with Caracas over US military activity in the Caribbean, which President Nicolas Maduro fears is aimed at regime change under the guise of being an anti-drug operation. IMAGES