"5,000 soldiers in Colombia": the entry in the notebook of Donald Trump's advisor who sowed the plot – 29/01/2019

National Security Advisor to US President Donald Trump, John Bolton, was not careful to hide the notes he had in his notebook on Monday when he appeared in front of the press to announce new sanctions against Venezuela.

While the United States considers the government of Nicolás Maduro as "illegitimate" and recognize the authority of the opposition, Juan Guaidó, the head of the parliament who proclaimed himself acting president, notes of Bolton read as follows: "5000 soldiers in Colombia."

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Consulted by the AFP agency on the meaning of this listing, a senior US official said he did not have information to accredit these numbers.

In the press conference, to the question about a possible US military intervention in Venezuela, Bolton reaffirmed, keeping the line of last week, that "all options" are on the table.

The Colombian Chancellor, Carlos Holmes Trujillo, later stated that I did not know the meaning of Bolton's notes.

"The extent and reason for this annotation are unknown," he said from the presidential seat.

Trujillo reiterated Colombia's position, which has hardly any diplomatic relations with Venezuela since mid-2017, to seek the exit of the "dictator" Maduro by diplomatic pressure.

The government of Iván Duque was opposed to military intervention in his neighboring country, with which he shares 2,200 kilometers of border.

In addition refused to be part of a conspiracy orchestrated by the United States and to which Brazil would participate to overthrow and badbadinate Maduro, as Caracas claims.

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Monday, the United States, a close ally of Colombia in the region, imposed sanctions on the Venezuelan national oil company PDVSA, increasing the pressure on the Maduro government.

Source: AFP