The United States denies having planned to invade Venezuela, but does not exclude the military option to "help the people"

The United States denies having planned to invade Venezuela, but does not exclude the military option of "helping the people"

Thursday, July 5, 2018 [19659003] The United States is negotiating today that President Donald Trump will arrive last year to the point of planning an invasion of Venezuela, but he acknowledged that the military option remains on the table as one of the many possible tools to "help the Venezuelan people" to "recover democracy". 19659006] "An invasion is not expected," said a spokesman for the National Security Council of the White House, the body responsible for centralizing Washington's foreign, military and intelligence policy.

that the United States continues to consider "all the options available to them", including the military, "to help the people of Venezuela to recover democracy, stability and prosperity".

The spokesman asked for anonymity I reacted Press reports released on Wednesday, according to which Trump planted in August last year some of his leading advisers, the possibility to invade Venezuela.

The source confirmed that Trump asked questions about the military departure but said that what he wanted was "ask for options" from his team so he could choose from the "humanitarian catastrophe that occurred in Venezuela".

"Learn about the military option, about humanitarian aid, about sanctions, about international cooperation against the regime of (Venezuelan President, Nicols) Maduro. It was an (option) in a series of different things. "The official did not specify when there were serious discussions about the possibility of an invasion.

The important thing he insisted, is that the United States" "have not taken any military action" now against Venezuela, although "continue to consider all options", because no US government has rejected them in a situation like that of the Caribbean.

The spokesman called some media reports about "sensationalists" arriving several "months after" the episode and "focus only on one of the options" that states States have considered, without paying attention to its performance in practice.

"President Trump has motivated the international community to work together to put pressure on Maduro's dictatorship to change its autocratic behavior," the spokesman said.

The source pointed out the international sanctions imposed on the Maduro executive and the 30 million US dollars. n Humanitarian aid granted by the United States to Venezuelan refugees in the region