Trump’s statements come after Maduro spoke to hundreds of supporters, addressing a “decisive situation” for Venezuela. North American president blames Caracas for “sending millions of people” to the United States.
US President Donald Trump opened the door this Wednesday to negotiations with his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolás Maduro, in the context of growing tensions and recent bombings by Washington of vessels in the Caribbean and the Pacific.
“I’ll be able to talk to him (Maduro), we’ll see,” Trump declared. He also added that if they can “save lives” peacefully, “great”, but did not rule out the possibility of having to do it by force, stating that, in that case, “everything is also fine”.
Donald Trump has not yet missed the opportunity to accusing Caracas of “causing a lot of problems” for Washington and of “sending millions of people” to the United States.
It should be noted that these US military operations, justified by the need to combat drug trafficking, also increased fears of a possible US intervention or attack on Venezuelan territory.
“They they opened their prisons and sent people to the United States. We are not satisfied with this“, highlighted Trump, reiterating the accusations against Venezuela for its alleged role in drug trafficking operations and once again identifying the Tren de Aragua gang as one of the main criminal organizations in the regionto the.
Trump’s statements come after Maduro spoke to hundreds of supporters, addressing a “decisive situation” for Venezuela.
“It is forbidden to fail at this decisive juncture for the existence of the Republic. There are no excuses for anyone, whether civil, political, military or police”, he stated.
The Venezuelan President also declared, on the sidelines of a rally held in the capital “in defense of sovereignty”, that the homeland demands the “greatest effort and sacrifice”. “If the country demands it, the country will have our lives, if necessary,” he said.
“Se [Simón] Bolívar managed to form seven Army units to liberate all of South America and guarantee the consolidation of independence in Central America and beyond, we we must be able to defend every inch of this blessed land from any imperialist threat or aggression, wherever it comes from and whenever it comes”, he maintained.
Rubio accused of being a “clown with delusions”
In turn, Venezuela’s Interior Minister, Diosdado Cabelo, accused the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, of being “a delusional clown” and threatened to “annihilate” anyone who decides to attack the Caribbean country.
“It will fail dismally, as happened with many clowns who had the audacity to interfere in Venezuela“, he said, according to the Venezuelan television station Globovisión.
“Remember the lies about Iraq, Syria, Libya, Afghanistan. In all these places, the United States intervened with lies; they tried to play out the same script in our country, but the world doesn’t believe them“, he commented, before reiterate that “the true objective of the North American narrative is to steal Venezuela’s natural resources under the pretext of regime change and accusations about the existence of a dictatorship”.
