Tensions have grown between Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago over support for US military action in the Caribbean.

A U.S. military ship on Sunday docked in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, amid tensions in the Caribbean sparked by U.S. military action against boats accused of attempting to smuggle fentanyl

As a U.S. warship docked in Trinidad & Tobago for what the country's government called “training exercises,” Venezuela lashed out, accusing T&T Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar of acting like a “military colony.”

Venezuela is just miles away from Trinidad, where people in one coastal community are mourning the disappearance of two local fishermen believed killed in a U.S. strike on Tuesday.

A preliminary magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 17 kilometers northwest of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, early Saturday, according to data from the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Trinidad and Tobago, which has more than two lakh Hindus, is planning to build a grand Ram Temple in its capital, Port of Spain. The project has the support of the government of the twin-island nation led by PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar,