The government of Trinidad and Tobago says it will allow the US military access to its airports in coming weeks, as tensions build between the US and Venezuela.
The announcement follows the recent installation of a radar system at the airport in Tobago.
The T&T government has said the radar is being used to fight local crime and that it would not be used as a launchpad to attack any other country.
But critics of the government said Trinidad and Tobago risks being drawn into Donald Trump's pressure campaign against Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro.
T&T's foreign minister said in a statement, the US would use the airport's for activities logistical in nature, facilitating supplier punishment and routine personal rotations.
Trinidad's Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has praised US strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific that have killed at least 87 people, including several Trinidadian citizens.
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