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Tue Oct 7, 2025, 04:45 PM Oct 7

'Amid face-off between U.S. and Venezuela, fishermen in Trinidad and Tobago fear for their lives and jobs'

"On a recent afternoon, Kenrick Modie finished untangling his fishing net in a quiet Caribbean village...As he slipped into a hammock at his home overlooking the sea, he worried that his life and livelihood could be wiped out by a U.S. military strike...Modie lives in the Caribbean twin-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago, which is now entangled in a geopolitical face-off between the United States and Venezuela, just 11 miles away...Stuck in the middle is Trinidad and Tobago, a nation with a multimillion-dollar fishing industry that employs thousands of fishermen who cast their nets almost daily to sustain themselves and their families."

Article at link:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-venezuela-fishermen-trinidad-and-tobago-fear-strikes/

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