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US Invokes Regional Defense Treaty over Venezuela Crisis
[AnNahar] The United States invoked a regional defense pact Wednesday with 10 other countries and Venezuela ...a country in Central America that sits on an enormous pool of oil. Formerly the most prospereous country in the region, it became infested with Commies sniffing almost unlimited wealth. It turned out the wealth wasn't unlimited, the economy collapsed under the clownish Hugo Chavez, the murder rate exceeds places like Honduras and El Salvador, and a significant proportion of the populace as refugeed to Colombia and points south...'s opposition after "bellicose" moves by Nicolás Maduro ...Commie el presidente para la vida of Venezuela, successor to Hugo Chavez. Nick is his country's attempt at producing a Muammar Qadaffy, except that even though his country's sitting on an enormous puddle of oil, he can't manage to get it out of the ground... 's regime. A request to invoke the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (TIAR) came from the Venezuelan opposition, said a statement from US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, retweeted early Thursday by President Donald Trump ...the Nailer of NAFTA... "Recent bellicose moves by the Venezuelan military to deploy along the border with Colombia as well as the presence of illegal gangs and terrorist organizations in Venezuelan territory demonstrate that Nicolas Maduro not only poses a threat to the Venezuelan people, his actions threaten the peace and security of Venezuela’s neighbors," Pompeo said. Venezuela was thrust into a political crisis in January when opposition leader Juan Guaidó ...Venezuelan politician, a member of the social-democratic Popular Will party, and serves as a federal deputy to the National Assembly representing the state of Vargas. In 2019 he was appointed by the Popular Will party to become the president of the National Assembly, after which he declared he was acting president of the country, challenging Nicolás Maduro's presidency and starting the 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis.... declared himself acting president, in a direct challenge to Maduro's authority over the country from which millions have fled economic deprivation. The opposition has branded the socialist leader a "usurper" over his re-election last year in a poll widely viewed as rigged. Pompeo said in the statement that invoking the TIAR is "recognition of the increasingly destabilizing influence" the Maduro regime has in the region. "Catastrophic economic policies and political repression continue to drive this unprecedented refugee crisis, straining the ability of governments to respond," he said. "We look forward to further high-level discussions with fellow TIAR parties, as we come together to collectively address the urgent crisis raging within Venezuela and spilling across its border through the consideration of multilateral economic and political options." The US and more than 50 countries have recognized Guaido. Related: Guaido: 2019-08-16 Venezuela govt seeks to change framework for talks with opposition Guaido: 2019-08-02 US immigration agency names Venezuelan minister among ‘most wanted’ Guaido: 2019-07-27 US Sanctions Venezuela Emergency Food 'Corruption Network' Related: Maduro: 2019-09-07 Venezuela deploys air defense missiles Colombian border to ward off potential attack Maduro: 2019-08-30 Colombia: Terrorist FARC Senators Launch ‘Guerrilla Struggle,’ Trashing Peace Deal Maduro: 2019-08-26 Average of one Venezuelan died violently in Colombia each day in the first seven months of 2019 Posted by: trailing wife 2019-09-13 |
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