WHAT WE KNOW vs. WHAT WE DON'T KNOW

Okay. Here is what we do know:
1) We know that Delcy Rodriguez, the executive Vice President of Venezuela,  came here with a delegation that included some high ranking petrochemical executives. Among them was one Adrubal Chavez who was later named/appointed as the head of Venezuela's major oil company PDVSA.
2) The Prime Minister said that this delegation came across to discuss a joint response between Trinidad & Tobago and Venezuela to the COVID-19 epidemic. He was backed up on this by the Minister of National Security who said that Ms. Rodriguez's visit had been planned and postponed because she had a cold.
3) No health professionals were at this meeting between the executives of the two countries ... not even T&T's Health Minister.
4) The Prime Minister said that he never met the other members of the Venezuelan delegation and that nobody told him who Mr. Chavez was. He said that he only met with Ms. Rodriguez.
5) The Venezuelans arrived on an aircraft that was subject to American sanctions.
6) A few days later, after the visit a ship laden with 150,000 barrels of gasoline left ostensibly for Aruba but ended up in Venezuela. The T&T Government says it doesn't know anything about how the ship ended up in Venezuela!
6) A few days after Ms. Rodriguez left there was major police  activity in Independence Square just outside the Central Bank.
7) That on Wednesday 3rd June, 2020 a Venezuelan aircraft was spotted at Piarco Airport outside the police station
8) That the Ministry of Health has reported eight deaths from the Corona virus and that it has conducted less than two thousand tests.
9) That the symptoms of Corona virus are very similar to those of pneumonia.
10) That in the whole 12 months of 2018 there were less than half the number of reported deaths from pneumonia than in the first two months of 2020.
11) The Minister of Finance boasted that six billion dollars was being earmarked for COVID relief of which some $900,000 has already been paid out.
12) The Minister of Finance has boasted that recently some US$500 million has been put back into the Heritage and Stabilization fund (HSF).

Now, here is what we don't know:
1) Why exactly did Delcy Rodriguez & Co. come over to T&T? Clearly it wasn't to discuss the COVID-19 epidemic and a joint response to it from T&T and Venezuela. If that had been the purpose then surely both sides would have had their health care experts present ... and nether of them did!  So? What exactly was she doing here?
2) Who exactly was in the meeting and what exactly was discussed. You see, there are very ugly and most unnecessary suspicions arising over this lack of credible information about the whole purpose of the meeting.
3) Who exactly did the Prime Minister meet. The names and occupations/positions of all those in the Venezuelan V.P.'s party are known. But the Prime Minister says that he only met with Delcy Rodriguez. Is this true? If so, why did she bring them along? What purpose was served by having these very important men sitting outside in a waiting room while the two leaders discussed whatever they were discussing?
4) Assuming that the Prime Minister did in fact meet with the other members of the Venezuelan delegation who all attended the meeting, why would the Prime Minister lie about this? Why should we (the citizenry) not be told what our leaders are doing in our name?
5) What was the big security operation in Independence Square outside the Central Bank a few days after Delcy left all about?
6) What exactly is the story behind this 150,000 barrels of gasoline. Where did it come from? Because we ain't making gasoline anymore. How much did we pay for it and how much did we sell it for? When did we buy it? Did we buy it "on spec"? To whom exactly did we sell it? When were the deals to buy and sell it made? Can we see the appropriate purchase and sale contracts? If not, why not? When did we take delivery of it?
7) What was the mystery Venezuelan aircraft spotted at Piarco doing here? Who did it bring? There is a rumour that it brought in some Venezuelan Central Bankers. Is this true? If so, who were they, what were they doing here and who (names) did they meet?
8) Does the Ministry of Health really believe that conducting less than two thousand tests is a good thing? Shouldn't there have been a lot, lot more?
9) Are we being given "a six for a nine" on this Corona virus business? Have we been given ALL the facts?
10) What is the exact number of Corona virus cases in the country?
11) Who exactly is receiving the relief monies and why is it taking so long to be paid out?
12) Where exactly did the US$500 million come from that was put back into the HSF?

There are many other things that we don't know, but the above will do for starters.
 But there is too much that we don't know and too much that we aren't being given proper explanations for. My father used to say that when a man tells you something that you don't understand, 98 percent of the time it is because he doesn't WANT you to understand; two percent of the time it is because he is a fool and doesn't understand what he is saying. Well, whatever you might think of Dr. Rowley, Mr. Young & Co. one thing is clear: you can't say that they are fools. So? What is it that they don't want us to know about and why don't they want us to know?