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During a meeting at the Oval Office last August, during talks on potential sanctions against Venezuela, President Donald Trump should have asked his advisers a not-so-excited question, writes L & # 39; news agency AP:
In crisis-threatened Venezuela threatens regional security, why can not the United States not only invade the country?
Foreign Affairs Minister Rex Tillerson and Minister of National Security HR McMaster then attended the meeting. , an invasion, and explained to Trump that a militia in Venezuela could return to the United States. According to them, an invasion would make them lose the support of the Latin American governments.
An official familiar with Trump's comments told CNN, who also referred to the August meeting. The comments should not be interpreted as having "immediate plans for an attack" but that Trump "thought high".
– The president says and thinks a lot. He thinks only strong, says the official.
But Trump obviously did not reveal the thought of the very first. The next day he publicly shared the same thoughts.
– We have many alternatives in Venezuela, including a military, if necessary, said Trump during a press conference.
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statement has faced strong reactions in Venezuela. The country's government has called this action the most violent war against the country during this century, and Trump's comment was a threat to the stability of Latin America
– this is to madness, an extreme act. It's an extremist elite that governs the United States, and I really do not know what's going on and what's going to happen in the world, "said Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino
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because the country's government had the choice to create a new constitutional assembly. The election results prompted the president to kick the national assembly and form a new one that supports President Nicolás Maduro.
Even after publicly announcing that a military intervention was relevant, Trump In September, when Trump meets at the UN General Assembly, Trump should have addressed again this theme at a private dinner with leaders from four Latin American countries, including the President of Colombia. [19659004] Although his advisers warned him that the theme would not be well received, the first Trump said during dinner should have been:
– My employees asked me not to say.
Trump should have asked the other four if they were sure that they did not want a military solution. Trump's national security adviser at the time, McMaster, should have put Trump aside and examined the dangers that the United States would face in the event of an invasion.
The White House did not want to comment on private talks, while a Trump National Security Council spokesman says the United States will weigh all available solutions to restore democracy Venezuelan and Stabilizing Democracy
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Socioeconomic Crisis
Venezuela has been criticized by both the United States and other international actors such as the EU over the past decade. 39, last year.
The country is experiencing a deep socio-economic crisis and food shortages and other necessities are glaring. Half of the country's inhabitants live in extreme poverty and inflation is 15,000%.
The country also received strong international criticism for what would be an undemocratic election when President Nicolás Maduro was re-elected for another six years in May.
The election was very low and several opposition boycott elections, where Maduro, according to the electoral commission, received 68% of the votes against the main challengers Henri Falcon 21%
L & # Opposition asked for re-election. people in the country's navy, air defense and National Guard arrested. They are accused of being behind a military plot against the Venezuelan government, according to President Maduro, who claims that the United States is behind.
According to Maduro, the goal was to govern the government
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