Eyes On: The U.S. Flight Status on Trinidad and Tobago Territory
Yes — U.S. military flights have been cited at Trinidad and Tobago airports, and we should not look the other way.
According to Stabroek News, United States military transport aircraft recently arrived at Piarco International Airport and Crown Point Airport, following formal transit permission granted by Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs. This activity coincided with heightened U.S. pressure on Venezuela and publicly stated enforcement actions in the region.
Source: Stabroek News — “Two US military aircraft land at Piarco and Crown Point”
This is not speculation. This is not rumor. This is documented movement.
And while such transits may fall within diplomatic or logistical frameworks, history teaches us this: geography is never incidental — especially for small island nations situated at strategic crossroads.
Trinidad and Tobago is not an empty waypoint. It is not neutral airspace without memory. It is a sovereign homeland shaped by resistance, restraint, and hard-won self-determination.
So when foreign military assets intersect our territory, the appropriate response is not panic — it is presence.
Calling in the Ancestors
Ancestors of Trinidad and Tobago —
Arawak, Taíno, Kalinago — first guardians of these waters;
Canboulay rebels who turned culture into resistance;
Hosay mourners who paid in blood for dignity;
Uriah Butler who taught labor to speak;
Elma Francois who organized the dispossessed;
Claudia Jones who carried Caribbean truth into empire;
C. L. R. James who proved small islands think globally —
We call you not to war, but to witness. Stand with us as we keep our eyes open. Steady our spines. Sharpen our discernment.
A Voice That Crosses Borders
Across the water, another voice recently cut through the noise — firm, unbending, ancestral in tone.
I will not break.
I will not bend.
I will not capitulate.
I will not give in.
I will not give up.”
Then, with a gaze that seemed to reach beyond the room:
you gotta come through all of us.”
That is not rhetoric. That is lineage speaking.
Why This Matters
This post is not an accusation. It is not anti-American. It is not fear-mongering. It is a reminder that sovereignty includes vigilance — and that silence has never protected Caribbean nations.
We watch the skies. We read the agreements. We document the movements. Because awareness is not aggression, and restraint is not submission.
Eyes On. Spines straight. Ancestors near.
Let them hear you.
With all of us watching — wherever we are — in our world assemblages: the United States, the Americas, Latin America, Europe, Africa, and the vast, unbroken chain of global human connectivity —
we commission the unseen power with a call to action. Not of violence, but of collective resolve. Not of chaos, but of shared consequence.
“You come for me —
you gotta come through all of us.”
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