The United States is ready to intervene in Venezuela at the end of the year

"All options are on the table," US President Donald Trump repeatedly said of the Venezuelan crisis. Now, a member of the US military leadership was more specific and admitted that the US armed forces were ready to comply with the orders of intervention, if the president decided.

Admiral Craig Faller, head of the US Southern Command, said his country "could" lead a military intervention in Venezuela to expel President Nicolás Maduro if the Bolivarian is still in office at the end of this year . "We are on the alert, the crisis in Venezuela could reach this level later this year if Maduro is still standing.It would be so serious," said the admiral in an interview with Foreign Policy magazine. He added that the US military "is considering various options" and will be "ready" for any decision made by President Donald Trump.

In turn, Faller included an important variable in the Venezuelan crisis: China's support for Maduro. Until now, the US attention has focused on the commercial and military support of Russia, which sent 100 soldiers to Venezuela last month, but the admiral has said: "China has made a very risky bet and is not cooperating, and Beijing does not respect human rights, sovereignty and democracy in Venezuela," he said.

In the corridors of the Pentagon and in the ranks of the US military, it is believed that the crisis in Venezuela can only be resolved with diplomatic pressure and economic sanctions approved by the White House. And this confirms the various badertions of Donald Trump and his government that a military intervention plan is under study. However, Venezuela's Special Representative to the White House, Elliott Abrams, has repeatedly suggested that, at least for the moment, the US's preferred path for Maduro to leave the Venezuelan government is negotiation.

.–> More sanctions on oil

The US Treasury Department on Friday announced a new round of sanctions against Venezuela, affecting four companies (three Liberia and UAN entities based in Italy) and nine army-owned vessels, some of which were carrying Venezuelan oil to the United States. Cuba.

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