Donald Trump: "Nicolás Maduro is not a Venezuelan patriot, it's a Cuban puppet"

Donald Trump He spoke to Florida International University Monday in front of hundreds of people in the Latin American community in Miami about the deep crisis in Venezuela. The President of the United States badured that his country is close to the Venezuelan people, he called for a peaceful transition and accused the dictator Nicolás Maduro of being "a Cuban puppet".

"Nicolás Maduro is not a Venezuelan patriot, it's a Cuban puppet"said the US president, while indicating that the Chavez regime "is protected" by Havana.

"Venezuela gave oil to Cuba and Cuba gave Venezuela a police state", he added.

Similarly, Trump badured that the United States intended to carry out a "peaceful transition of power," but while continuing to cling to power, Maduro reiterated: "All options are open."

The American president, in this sense, sent a direct message to the Venezuelan armed forces and members of the chavist regime: "They have the opportunity to forge a peaceful future for all the Venezuelan people, or to continue to support Maduro. If you choose this path, you will not find any place of refuge, no easy way out and you will lose everything. "

"I ask the members of the regime to put an end to this nightmare of death and hunger … The eyes of the world look at them, they can not hide. Free your country, it's time for all Venezuelan patriots to act together ", he added.

Trump referred to the humanitarian aid he sent over the weekend and said tons of food and medicine were in the Colombian town of Cucuta, on the border with Venezuela, to be delivered to "millions of people in need".

"The dictator Maduro has blocked this vital aid," said the president, who said Maduro preferred that his people "starve" to receive help from the international community.

In this line, Trump again spoke to the armed forces and urged them to "to authorize peaceful demonstrations" and the delivery of humanitarian aid.