"Five thousand soldiers in Colombia" | Controversy in the States …

Donald Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton, sparked a controversy yesterday in Venezuela and in his country when he attended a press conference at the White House to discuss the crisis in Caracas with a notebook from notes indicating "5000 soldiers in Colombia" Photos taken at the beginning of the press conference and published in the main US media showed that the yellow marker Bolton had written on the front page: "Afghanistan – We welcome the dialogue. troops in Colombia. "The first seems to refer to the principle of agreement reached this weekend by US envoys and a delegation of the Taliban insurgency movement to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan and start a roadmap to pacify the country. 'Central Asia. The second was interpreted by the American and Venezuelan media as a reference to a possible troop mobilization in Colombia, one of the world's leading military allies in the world, a neighbor and rival of Nicolás Maduro's government in Venezuela. The controversy was also fueled by Bolton's warning at the press conference during which Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced further sanctions against the Maduro government and the government. national oil company PDVSA. "The president made it clear that all options were on the table," said Bolton, when the press asked her if she was badyzing the possibility of a military reaction against Venezuela.