On October 27, Venezuelan President Maduro announced the immediate suspension of energy agreements with Trinidad and Tobago.

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Recently, the United States has strengthened its military presence in the Caribbean waters on the grounds of so-called "combating drug trafficking". On October 26th, the US guided missile destroyer "Gravely" docked at Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago, and will stay until the 30th. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the two countries will hold joint military exercises in the waters near Venezuela. The US media said that this was the US government's further military pressure on Venezuela.

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Ivan Hill said on October 27 that Venezuela had destroyed a criminal gang funded by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) that was linked to a ¡°fake flag¡± operation planned in Trinidad and Tobago to cultivate evil, aimed at creating a pretext for Venezuela¡¯s aggression.