The US guided missile destroyer, which had been anchored in Trinidad and Tobago for four days, within range of mainland Venezuela, which called its presence a “provocation”, left the port on Thursday as planned, AFP reported.
The warship USS Gravely arrived in Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday, deepening a diplomatic row with Caracas over an increased US military presence in the Caribbean.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has expressed concern that such operations, which Washington presents as part of the fight against drug trafficking, are actually being used as a pretext for attempts to change the government in his country.
(Vijesti.ba)
