Trinidad and Tobago has begun talks with some European countries on the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) produced from Venezuelan gas, Prime Minister Keith Rowley said on Monday.Venezuela’s government in December granted a 30-year license to Shell and Trinidad’s National Gas Company (NGC) for joint development of a promising offshore gas field near the maritime border between the two countries. First output could begin by the end of next year. “There is serious European interest in what is happening in Trinidad and Tobago as they attempt to bring to market resources from South America,” Rowley said during an energy conference in Port of Spain. By Curtis Williams. Full Text-> The Global &Mail

 A Venezuelan baby died and the mother was injured over the weekend when Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard officers fired at a boat transporting migrants, authorities from the Caribbean nation said. The shooting happened Saturday during “security operations” at sea involving the Coast Guard and human traffickers, Prime Minister Keith Rowley said in a statement Sunday. Full Text -> USNews

Traducción de cortesía -> Un bebé venezolano murió y la madre resultó herida durante el fin de semana cuando agentes de la Guardia Costera de Trinidad y Tobago dispararon contra una embarcación que transportaba migrantes, dijeron autoridades de la nación caribeña. El tiroteo ocurrió el sábado durante “operaciones de seguridad” en el mar que involucraron a la Guardia Costera y traficantes de personas, dijo el domingo el primer ministro Keith Rowley en un comunicado. Full Text -> USNews

“We’ve heard a lot of times about redeploying CEPEP and URP workers. I’ll tell you the one boost to agriculture in relation to labour has been the availability of the Venezuelan workers and that, in my view, has saved our farmers and saved our agriculture production,” Rambharat said during the Senate sitting on Tuesday. Full Text -> Daily EXpress

Traducción de cortesía -> “Hemos escuchado muchas veces sobre la reasignación de trabajadores de CEPEP y URP. Les diré que el único impulso a la agricultura en relación con la mano de obra ha sido la disponibilidad de los trabajadores venezolanos y eso, en mi opinión, ha salvado a nuestros agricultores y ha salvado nuestra producción agrícola ”, dijo Rambharat durante la sesión del Senado el martes.

THE Guardia Nacional and the TT Coast Guard were searching on Sunday in territorial waters off Venezuela and Trinidad respectively, after a vessel which left Trinidad on Friday did not arrive at port and is believed to have sunk.A release on Sunday from the TT Coast Guard said the vessel left with 25 people on board en route to the Delta region of Venezuela. When it did not arrive, the Venezuelan Guardia Nacional contacted the Coast Guard. By Ken Che Hung. Full Text-> Newsday

La Guardia Nacional y la Guardia Costera de TT buscaban el domingo en aguas territoriales frente a Venezuela y Trinidad respectivamente, luego de que un buque que zarpó de Trinidad el viernes no arribó a puerto y se cree que se hundió. Un comunicado el domingo de la Guardia Costera de TT dijo que el barco partió con 25 personas a bordo en ruta hacia la región del Delta de Venezuela. Al no llegar, la Guardia Nacional venezolana se puso en contacto con la Guardia Costera.

THE Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuelan authorities deported 124 Venezuelans to their country on Sunday. Vice Admiral Euclides Brito, commander of the 61 Integral Defence Zone in Delta Amacuro, Venezuela (Zodi), announced this on Monday through a Venezuelan radio station. By Grevic Akvarado. Full Text -> NewsDay

Venezuelan Jacobo Arturo Castillo, a higher university technician in agriculture with 35 years of experience, believes TT has a great opportunity to deal with the economic challenges left by covid19 by making the most of its land. Castillo took refuge in TT since 2018, and has been working in agriculture here. He believes TT has type A soil, which has all the ingredients to generate good harvests. By Grevic Alvarado. Full Text -> NewsDay

One project is Response to Recovery – Covid19: Reducing vulnerability: enhancing resilience for migrant population. This project has been implemented as part of the Team Europe response to covid19 through a direct grant to the TT Red Cross Society. The project aims at providing support to the migrants who do not have access to the social protection measures. The project is co-financed by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The other project relates to fostering local communities of solidarity for refugees and migrants from Venezuela. By Laurel V Willians. Full Text -> NewsDay

Only 24 kilometres away, Trinidad and Tobago has become an important destination country for some of the millions of Venezuelans who have been eager to escape the country’s economic meltdown and humanitarian crisis. But in order to get there, they have to cross the Bocas del Dragón (Mouths of the Dragon) – a dangerous waterway known for human smuggling, narco-trafficking, shipwrecks, and even piracy – before hoping to slip past immigration officials upon landing in Trinidad. By Nayrobis Rodríguez and Joshua Collins. Full Text -> TheNewHumanitarian

Two more bodies from Venezuela’s Delta Amacuro boatwreck have surfaced, bringing to eight the number of people confirmed dead. Venezuelan media reported yesterday that except for the seven passengers who were rescued by a commercial ship operating in the Boca de Serpiente (Snake’s Mouth) last Thursday, there have been no further survivors. As the days go by, the chances of anyone else being found alive grow slim. Full Text -> StabroekNews

Two bodies and seven people rescued are the official figures so far after a boat sank last Friday off the coast of Guiria, Venezuela, in the Gulf of Paria. Those on board were said to be trying to enter Trinidad and Tobago illegally. Over the weekend, the governor of Delta Amacuro state in Venezuela, Lizeta Hernández, confirmed the reports in a statement. Hernández said the boat left in the early hours of Friday from La Horqueta, in the city of Tucupita, carrying about 24 people. By Grevic Alvarado. Full Text -> Newsday