Amid a confrontation between us and Venezuela, the fishermen in Trinidad and Tobago are afraid of their lives and jobs

In the last afternoon, Kenrick Modie ended the separation of its fishing network in a quiet Karaibia village.

While he was sliding into a swing at his sea overlooking, he was concerned that his life and ways of living were eliminated by an American military strike.

Moody lives in the nation of Trinidad and Tobago in the twin Caribian, who is now intertwined in the face of geopolitical between the United States and Venezuela, just 11 miles.

“What can we do?” Said Moody. We are just a small point. ”

The United States has carried out at least four strikes on the alleged drugs that carry drugs in water off Venezuela in recent weeks, with at least two ships that have originated from Venezuela. Defense Minister Beit Higseth The fourth strike was announced On Friday, they said “four males of terrorism” were killed, but they did not provide any other details about those they were.

Mr. Trump Declared a notification of Congress I looked by CBS News that the United States was in a “armed conflict” with drug gangs in the Caribbean, claiming that they were trying to bring “deadly poison” to the American beaches.

Meanwhile, Venezuela He accused the United States From military accumulation and aggression, which prompted President Nicholas Maduro to put the army and civilians in the country ready to take up arms at a state of utmost alert.

In the center, Trinidad and Tobago, a nation that includes a hunting industry with millions of dollars, hinders thousands of fishermen who are wearing their nets almost daily to maintain themselves and their families.

“If we die, we die”

Trinidad and Prime Minister in Tobago Full perish by Bossar She said that drug gangs contributed to pain and suffering in her country, and urged the United States to “kill them all violently.”

She also said she was ready to give the United States access to Trinidad and Tobago, if necessary, so that the Americans can defend Guyana from the neighboring Venezuela, which claimed two thirds of Guaana.

Maduro said Persad Pesisar’s willingness to give such access is like declaring war against Venezuela. The Venezuelan President called for a return to good relations with his Caribbean neighbor, even at a time when the Treenad and Tobago government claims that there is no bad blood between the countries.

While those in the authority of commercial words and military leaders increase their situation, dozens of fishermen in Trinidad and Tobago feel their lives are at risk, given the ongoing American strikes and escalating tensions with Venezuela.

“If we die, and we die, this life,” Modi said.

He is afraid to be killed by an American military strike while fishing because he believes that his boat may be wrong because of a drug for drug anxiety. Modi said he had not seen fundamental evidence that those who were killed in American strikes were already transporting drugs. He is also concerned about the killing of innocent fishermen and falsely described as terrorist experts by the authorities, with the inability of the dead men to remove their names.

Fear hunting

Only seven miles separate Trinidad and Venezuela at their closest point. On a clear day, Venezuela is visible from the ICACOS village, which is located on the southwestern tip of Trinidad.

While driving around icacos and the neighboring village of Cedros, dozens of boats transmitted along the coastal line show the extent of these societies depend on hunting.

The fishermen in these two villages say they are already threatened with pirates, and the military accumulation in the sea now adds another threat.

Watching three other fishermen emptying their hunting for today in the CEDROS for fishing complex, Kamal, a motorcycle passenger, said that his crew is now in shallow waters and does not go far to the sea as before, due to the tension involved in the three countries.

“The United States has come there, and the Venezuelan army says they are more present, so you have to watch,” said Becran. “At any time, outside there, you can get out.”

He was forced to hunt in shallow waters, and a motorcycle passenger and other fishermen said that the increasing regional tension dries their livelihoods, as they now hunt fewer fish.

Mr. Trump gave the fishermen a reason for anxiety yet The first American military strike on September 2He who said 11 terrorist suspects were killed.

Mr. Trump said in early September. “I don’t even know about the hunters. They may say,” I do not get the boat. “

The president reiterated this feeling on the notes on Sunday in An event celebrating 250 years of US Navy In Norfolk, Virginia, saying: “We are very good that there are no boats. In fact, even hunting boats. No one wants to go to water anymore.”

Speaking to the United Nations General Assembly in late September, the leaders of the Caribbean Sea region referred to the region as a peace zone.

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Motley appealed to the dialogue to avoid war between the United States and Venezuela. Prime Minister St. Vincent and Grenaden, Ralph Gunsalvis, described the foreign militarization near Venezuela as “very worrying”.

Shiham Hajari, who was a fisherman for more than 40 years, said fishing in fear had become a new fact. Cedros, like others, depends on his daily trap to support his family. It is not sure whether the military accumulation in the Caribbean Sea region will soon affect fish prices in the market.

“Just pray that everything works with this situation with Venezuela and the United States,” he said. “They make peace, not war.”