Venezuela hits out at Trinidad and Tobago in oil spill spat
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- Caracas warns of environmental and economic damage amid heightened tension with its neighbour.
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- Venezuela’s foreign ministry said on Friday that the spill is putting fragile ecosystems at risk and interfering with fishing.
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Caracas warns of environmental and economic damage amid heightened tension with its neighbour.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo. The purported oil spill echoes February 2024 when a tanker sank in Trinidad and Tobago's waters and pollution spread into Venezuelan territory [File: Juan Carlos Hernandez/Reuters]By AFP and Reuters Published On 12 Jun 202612 Jun 2026Venezuela has raised the alarm over an oil spill that it alleges came from the neighbouring Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago and has reached its shores.
Venezuela’s foreign ministry said on Friday that the spill is putting fragile ecosystems at risk and interfering with fishing.