Grenell failed. Kamla must succeed
Richard Grenell failed. Therefore, Kamla Persad-Bissessar must succeed. Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago is only level of communication still left between sovereign governments of Venezuela and United States of America. This planet counts on Prime Minister Kamla Persa-Bissessar to revert war. It seems that United States is determined to a regime change war in Venezuela. Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago has stated she does not support such a war, as she is willing to engage with government of President Maduro for redeploying Dragón gas deal. That would be quite an achievement: if she succeeds, she should definitely be considered as a candidate for Nobel Peace Prize.
Both traditional and alternative media have bombarded us with gossip on prior misunderstandings, lousy language and radical positions: that should be taken into account as background for further negotiations. Venezuela needs investment. Trinidad & Tobago needs gas. Both Venezuela and Trinidad & Tobago need jobs and income. Caribbean countries would be best served by deescalating warmongering language, as a heritage from 20th century cold war. We should instead unite our economies in mutually beneficial petroleum and gas projects. Diplomacy nowadays is extremely tough.
I went in person to embassy of Trinidad and Tobago to research on Dragón gas deal negotiations, after having been turned away by Pdvsa oil company of Venezuela last Friday. Embassy of Trinidad and Tobago in Caracas has no ambassador. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has stressed out that one of her foreign policy goals is to appoint a new ambassador. Therefore, after clearing various levels of security at Trinidad & Tobago embassy headquarters in Caracas, I was informed by clerical staff that they have no personnel suitable for addressing these high level bilateral issues. They provided me with an email address to which I could convey my requests in writing. That is an email address that I already knew, to which I had already written to, but I have received no reply yet. I also wrote a letter to foreign ministry of Trinidad & Tobago in Port of Spain, but have not received any reply yet.
I wrote additional letters to both ambassador of Guyana in Caracas, and Guyana foreign office in Georgetown. I have received no reply either. That is expected as they provide those addresses to general public so that we can inform them on issues. Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago have a great opportunity in avoiding war in Caribbean as they maintain diplomatic relationships with United States and with Venezuela. Both are countries that would prefer to maintain some peace. Both countries also realize that countering drug trade and countering illegal immigration is also a goal.
Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez once said that good relations with several countries in South America is a goal that has not been fulfilled yet. Venezuela tends to have better relations with Africa and Asia than with Latin America and some countries of Caribbean, even though Venezuela has a good political relationship with Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. We appreciate Prime Minister Ralph Gonzalez coming from time to time into Venezuela, such as last weekend. We have no significant economic development projects involving our countries, but we do have a very interesting Dragón gas project between Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago which must be resurrected as both economies would improve. Unfortunately, United States is making things very tough as they are clearly seeking war.
President of Venezuelan National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, informed that location where former embassy of United States is located, which is still United States territory within Caracas, was threatened by terrorism. However, terrorist attack was averted. Venezuela counts on keeping peace. Our military is deploying continuous patrolling of military aircraft along our coast. Our navy is well prepared with missiles and drones. Should United States choose to attack from Puerto Rico, Panama, or elsewhere in Caribbean, Venezuela will avert such attacks. It is not clear how United States will finance these war activities in both Iran and Venezuela, as their government is still experiencing shutdown.
Control tower flight radar operators at airports such as Burbank, California and Nashville, Tennessee are already being deserted, because of lack of flight activity: they cannot take off or land as there is no control tower guidance. Furthermore, inventory of missiles in United States military is dropping down to dangerously low levels, after years of engagement in various wars, including Gaza and Ukraine. Somehow United States plans to manage full scale wars into Iran and into Venezuela, and into states of Oregon, Illinois, and California against their own civil population. It is not clear how the United States will finance so many wars at the same time, and how United States will have enough munition to support attacks in all those wars simultaneously.
Military factories are behind speed that Russia and Iran have deployed for quick production of ammunition. Even Venezuelan factory of ammunition is working at full capacity. Venezuelan military has plenty of ammunition, drones, aircraft, ships, radars, and troops to offset limited forces United States have deployed in Caribbean so far. For the time being, we remain calm. Similarly seems to be happening in Iran, where they have already deployed a fantastic defense blockade aided by Russia. It is unclear which war would start first: if United States civil war, or Iran war, or Venezuelan war. We should consider that articles of impeachment are hastily being written and will be proposed to Congress within next few sessions, while Republican luminaries such as Marjorie Taylor Green are increasingly siding with Democrats at a number of issues. Articles of impeachment accuse both President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth as traitors to their country.
Venezuelan penal code considers as traitors to homeland to a series of extremists: they have been calling for invasion and lobbied to United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Richard Grenell was supposed to be a great negotiator, but he was not able to gain respect. He recently tweeted some warlike comment in favor of Pete Hegseth, which suggests that Richard Grenell no longer behaves as a diplomat. It is important that Venezuela warms up to our Caribbean neighbors Trinidad & Tobago and Guyana. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar knows that Dragón gas deal, as well as Manakin and Manatee Plataforma Deltana fields in Venezuela should be exploited for benefit of Trinidad & Tobago and Venezuela.
President Irfaan Ali of Guyana, while welcoming United states military protection for Guyana, is now realizing that Caribbean must shift its stance from a region of peace to a region of common defense. Therefore, in all this mess, there are some points of agreement between Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago and Guyana: that must be nurtured as our two neighbors would become our de facto mediators with United States. Venezuela relations with Guyana could improve a lot if we leave topic of Essequibo dispute aside. At some point we will have to dialogue about it. Guyana public opinion is realizing that they need better terms of trade with companies they award blocks for oil and gas exploration. Trinidad and Tobago is learning such hard way. Venezuela already knows that is case.
Venezuela acts so fiercely that business partners rightly or wrongly feel intimidated. Caricom countries such as Grenada and Jamaica, which also have oil and gas reserves, should join Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana and Venezuela to set forth a common, desirable Caribbean oil and gas trade and exploitation: that would benefit our populations and our countries on reasonable terms. That should be accepted by international investors who will always be seeking profit. Chevron Corporation continues extracting oil in Venezuela. However, volumes are lower than they used to be, perhaps due to this threat of war. President Nicolás Maduro will probably continue writing letters to Donald Trump, or he might continue fostering other diplomatic channels through Middle Eastern partners such as Qatar: mediation with United States should not be looked as out of the question, while inefficient treatment of negotiations by Richard Grenell failed to earn respect.
United States is desperate for imposing conditions to both Iran and Venezuela, neither of which will concede. Iran has long range missiles capable of attacking Mar-a-Lago personal residence of Donald Trump in Florida. As United States prepares to send Tomahawk missiles into Ukraine, Russia is prepared to engage in full scale war, while providing Oreshnik missiles to Venezuela. Oreshnik threats can also be pointed to United States. This scenario is of increasing probability, and of course is not a desirable scenario for survival of human species.
Another hope comes from figure of president of Brazil Luis Inácio Lula Da Silva, who spoke on telephone to Donald Trump. They will reconsider tariffs as a form of economical war. They will meet in person later this year: probably at an economic summit in Asia in near future. Brazil is a well respected partner in South America. It is one of world's largest economies. Lula da Silva would be a great facilitator of future talks between three countries that are most at odds such as Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago and Guyana. If we manage to solve our local differences, Southeastern Caribbean Sea will avert remaining as a focus for war.
We could turn our region as a massive opportunity for industrial development. Trinidad and Tobago economy has recently stagnated. Venezuelan economy during many years has declined. Guyana's economy shows signs of peaking if proceeds from oil sales are not adequately negotiated with oil majors that extract petroleum and gas there. It is urgent that Caricom and Celac meet at a presidential or foreign minister level. United Nations recently completed a successful 80th anniversary General Assembly that adequately addressed many shortcomings. In this month of October, Russian Federation has earned presidency of United Nations Security Council, providing Venezuela an extra layer of confidence: so that our calls for peace and deterrence in the Caribbean are respected.
Wild card is Donald Trump's health and decisions. It looks like Donald Trump is trying to find a way or a moment to bombard either Iran or Venezuela, or both. Defense capabilities of Iran and Venezuela are increasingly being described as fabulous. Government shutdown in United States is promoting unemployment. It is concerning that last Friday, nonfarm payrolls were not disclosed. Cities in South Florida such as Miami and Doral are experiencing a downturn due to deportations. It is actually interesting to ask ourselves how deportations of Venezuelans out of United States will be conducted. United States has broken formal negotiating links with Venezuelan government.
We will be checking if plane loads of deported Venezuelan nationals continue arriving into Maiquetía airport, as peacefully as it has happened throughout this year 2025. Deportations to Venezuela up to now have been conducted uneventfully. There are 300,000 Venezuelan nationals waiting to be deported, as they have exceeded their temporary protection status. We urge United States government to continue links with Venezuelan government, through deportation arrangements and through OFAC license negotiations initiated by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. High level security consideration for Caribbean should be advanced by Guyana President Ali, who knows that Caribbean will not be safe with only United States weapons. Venezuelan missiles, drones, aircraft and navy supplied by China, Iran and Russia are also significant and important for a Pancaribbean defense strategy.
Venezuela must learn on efficiencies that are made possible by president Irfaan Ali and by prime minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, both of whom are business friendly. While Venezuela cherishes its sovereignty, Venezuela also needs to improve on ways of conducting business, as we still struggle with bureaucracy and regulations that deter foreign investment into the country. Sanctions play a great part on decline of Venezuelan oil industry. It looks like both Trump administration and Maduro administration are sticking to their hardline positions. Lack of dialogue may lead to war. Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago Kamla Persad-Bissessar's destiny may become to secure peace for Caribbean, as a prerequisite for being awarded a great dragon gas deal: for benefit of Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago, and by extension Guyana which should join in.