Venezuela on Oct 26 condemned what it said was a military provocation by neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago in coordination with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), aimed at spurring a full military confrontation with the Latin American nation.

Joint military exercises between the US and Trinidad and Tobago are currently underway in the Caribbean and Venezuela said it had captured a group of mercenaries “with direct information of the American intelligence agency” and whose goal it was to carry out a false-flag attack in the region.