Nicolás Maduro challenged Donald Trump in very rare English: "Do not touch Venezuela immediately!"

Nicolás Maduro

he challenged

Donald Trump

in English, or at least he tried. At a conference held at the Miraflores Palace, Hugo Chávez's successor accused Washington of fomenting a coup and personally addressed the President of the United States.

"Donald Trump, with Venezuela, do not go in. You have Venezuela -sic- Donald Trump, Venezuela at a distance. [por “immediately”, es decir, “de inmediato”]Maduro said to the laughter of the badistants.

"Is it said like that?" Maduro then consulted. "Do not you say immediately?" He said, insisting "Inmediaty!" "Not like that, Donlad Trump," he added. "Intervention in Venezuela, no!"

The United States indicated that they were considering all possible options to help resolve the crisis in Venezuela, where opposition leader Juan Guaidó proclaimed himself president last week and has has been recognized by Washington and other countries in the region, including Argentina.

Despite international pressure, Maduro remains in power and enjoys the support of military leaders and countries such as Russia and China.

Today, US Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan did not want to say whether the possibility of deploying 5,000 US troops to Colombia was being considered, but he said he did not discuss this possibility. with White House National Security Advisor John Bolton.

Bolton asked about US intentions in Venezuela after yesterday's appearance
with a notebook with the words "5000 soldiers in Colombia".