Donald Trump threatens to use force if Nicolás Maduro does not leave power. The President of Venezuela says that these are a colonialist threat against the country’s sovereignty and that they are incompatible with international law.
North American President Donald Trump confirmed this Sunday that he recently spoke with his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolás Maduro.
“I wouldn’t say it went well or badly. (…) It was a phone call,” Trump said.
What’s going on?
Nicolás Maduro has a price on his head: they are 50 million dollars for the capture of the Venezuelan leaderfor crimes such as narcoterrorism. Since September, drug trafficking has served as justification for US air strikes on drug vessels. More than 20 boats were interceptedboth in the Caribbean and in the Pacific, and more than 80 people have already died.
The President of Venezuela says that these are a colonialist threat against the country’s sovereignty and that they are incompatible with international law.
Trump puts more troops in Puerto Rico
Despite the international reaction of indignation against the violation of Venezuelan sovereignty in the case of a Donald Trump imposed the closure of Venezuelan airspace and Everything indicates that troops are on their way to Venezuela.
The reasons that explain the presence of troops, land and water resources, all North American, in the south of Puerto Rico will not be a coincidence, military exercise or any other mission.
After all, the Caribbean island It is halfway between the United States and Venezuela.
