Gov’t hiding Venezuelan threat

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) believes that government is keeping an “enhanced threat” from Venezuela a secret and is calling on the David Granger government to come clean with the nation.

“There has been an enhanced threat to our borders and the government has not been forthcoming,” PPP General Secretary and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo told a press conference yesterday at Freedom House.

Efforts to contact Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge and Minister of State Joseph Harmon were unsuccessful as up to press time calls were not immediately returned.

Jagdeo said that he has been