The Trinidad and Tobago Government has publicly distanced itself from the United States’ decision to revoke the visa of Gary Aboud, the corporate secretary of the non-governmental organization (NGO) Fishermen and Friends of the Sea (FFOS). Aboud, a vocal critic of the US naval presence near Venezuela, received notification from the US Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago that his B1/B2 visa had been revoked due to new information rendering him ‘inadmissible’ to the United States.