The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has issued a stark warning to the international community, condemning a series of US-coordinated military exercises off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago as a “hostile provocation” and a direct threat to regional peace, while revealing it has foiled a CIA-backed mercenary plot intended to justify a full-scale military attack.

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The Venezuelan government detailed that the military drills, scheduled for April 26-30, are directly “under the coordination, funding, and control of the US Southern Command.” Officials stated this aggressive posture is a cover for a more sinister operation, announcing the capture of a mercenary group possessing intelligence directly from the American CIA.

“We have been able to determine that a false flag attack is underway, planned from waters bordering Trinidad and Tobago, or from its own territory, intended to generate a full-scale military confrontation against our country,” the Venezuelan denunciation stated.

The government of President Nicolás Maduro drew direct parallels to historical US false pretexts for war, explicitly naming the sinking of the USS Maine that led to the Spanish-American War and the Gulf of Tonkin incident that escalated the Vietnam War. “This planned action perfectly evokes those provocations,” the statement read, framing the current situation as the latest chapter in Washington’s long history of imperialist intervention.

Venezuela reserved its strongest criticism for the government of Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, accusing it of having “renounced its sovereignty to act as a subordinate military colony for US hegemonic interests.”

“By folding into Washington’s militarist agenda, Persad-Bissessar is not only seeking to aggress against Venezuela—a country that has always maintained a policy of energy cooperation, mutual respect, and Caribbean integration—but is also violating the UN Charter and the proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace,” the Venezuelan government asserted.

The statement further condemned the Persad-Bissessar administration for its domestic policies, alleging that its “treacherous and repressive character” has resulted in the extrajudicial execution of innocent Trinidadian fishermen in the Caribbean Sea. “This is a government that shoots its own people… while opening its doors to foreign killer troops,” it declared.

In the face of these threats, Venezuela issued a resolute response. “We do not accept threats from any US vassal government,” the proclamation read. “The Bolivarian National Armed Forces will remain alert and mobilized in a perfect Civic-Military-Police Union.”

Positioning itself as the guardian of South American independence, Venezuela concluded, “Our Republic, heir to Bolívar and Chávez, will always defend its sovereignty, its territorial integrity, and its right to live in peace against foreign enemies and their vassals.”

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