Nicolás Maduro

(FAIR) — The August 14 New York Times reported that the threat by Donald Trump to use the US military against the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has brought together Latin American leaders, divided on other things, in opposition to US intervention.

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Trump was more aggressive than usual yesterday when he said that he’s not ruling out a “military option” in Venezuela, and the international media went haywire speculating that the President was considering an invasion. Nothing justifies what Trump said, but taking aside all moral considerations, his statement shouldn’t have been surprising, and interestingly enough, it might even backfire on him.

Le président américain Donald Trump, avec son secrétaire d’Etat Rex Tillerson et son ambassadrice à l’ONU Nikki Haley, le 11 août 2017 à Bedminster, New Jersey. Photo : REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
En vacances dans son golf à Bedminster dans le New Jersey, Donald Trump s’est fendu, vendredi 11 août 2017, d’une salve de déclarations fracassantes à propos du Venezuela.

Venezuela has responded to Donald Trump’s threat of war with anger and concern. Venezuela does not and has not ever threatened the sovereignty or security of the United States, but now the oil rich South American nation finds itself being threatened with war by the American President.
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Donald Trump has stated that he is considering military action against Venezuela. The oil rich South American country has just sworn in its new Constituent Assembly which President Nicholas Maduro’s supporters control after July’s election for the new chamber.
The United States continues to fund the right wing opposition who are opposed to Maduro’s reforms.
Today, when asked about his plans for Venezuela, Donald Trump responded in the following way,

EDITOR’S NOTE: Readers should also note that just a few months ago in May, a new US Senate Bill allotted a further $20 million in American taxpayer funds toward regime change in Venezuela. This only scratches the surface of a vast destabilization campaign being run out of Washington DC. 
Image: US-backed opposition take aim at embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
Daniel Margrain

Soldiers patrol inside the Paramacay military base in Valencia, Venezuela, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017. Earlier in the day, troops quickly put down an attack at the army base on Sunday, clashing with a group that said it was out to “re-establish the constitutional order” but was dismissed by officials as a band of civilians working with a deserted lieutenant and a former officer. (AP/Juan Carlos Hernandez)

An opposition protester wields a shotgun an anti-government protest in Caracas, Venezuela, May 8, 2017. (AP/Ariana Cubillos)
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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson stands before laying a wreath at the mausoleum of Turkey’s founding father Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, in Ankara, Turkey, March 30, 2017. (AP/Lefteris Pitarakis)
Washington has made one of its most foreboding threats so far against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson openly floated the possibility of stepping up “regime change” measures against the government of democratically-elected President Nicolas Maduro.