The United States does not exclude the military option in Venezuela – 07/05/2018

A day after an investigation by the Associated Press revealed that Donald Trump suggested several times last year to invade Venezuela, the National Council White House security denied the release on Thursday, but they clarified that the military road is on the table.

Sources denied that the Trump government reached the point last year of planning a military invasion, but acknowledged that the option remains on the table a many possible tools to "help the Venezuelan people" to "recover democracy".

"There was no planned invasion," said a spokesman for the National Security Council of the White House. centralize the foreign, military and intelligence policy of Washington

The source pointed out, however, that the United States will continue to consider " all the options available to it", including the military, "to help the people of Venezuela to recover democracy, stability and prosperity".

August of last year, in a meeting they are advisors in the oval Trump room formulated a worrying question: with a Venezuela that collapse quickly and that threatens the security of the region, why the USA? can not he just invade this complicated economy?

The suggestion surprised those present at the meeting, including US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and National Security Advisor, HR McMaster, who since then has left the administration, according to a senior government official, knew the meeting well

Trump was explained the counterproductive of the measure and he was advised to do not raise the problem again. But the president has insisted several times. Apparently, he did not advance with the project because did not find support in his Latin American allies, especially Colombia.

The revelation gave pasta to the animals in Caracas. And this Thursday, the National Constituent Assembly of Venezuela appointed a commission that will investigate the so-called appeals of "traitors to the homeland" as the country is invaded by foreign military forces.

The President of the Plenipotentiary Body, Diosdado Cabello, said Thursday that the commission must establish "responsibilities" and request that "try and punish those involved in these acts", which would open the door to new arrests in Venezuela

"They will bite the dust of defeat one and a million times if they try to put a foot on our homeland (…), we will be another Vietnam we will be their nightmare, "added Cabello.

Source: EFE