OAS chief threatens military force against Venezuela
The HinduThe head of the Organization of American States has joined President Donald Trump in holding out the threat of a military intervention in Venezuela to restore democracy and ease the country’s humanitarian crisis OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro delivered the sharp warning in a visit on Friday to Colombia’s border with Venezuela in which he also denounced President Nicolas Maduro’s socialist “dictatorship” for spurring a region-wide migration crisis. “With respect to a military intervention to overthrow Nicolas Maduro’s regime, I don’t think any option should be ruled out,” Almagro said at a press conference in the Colombian city of Cucuta. Diplomatic actions should be the first priority but we shouldn’t rule out any action.” Mr. Almagro has been Mr. Maduro’s most outspoken critic in Latin America, but until Friday he hadn’t been willing to go as far as Mr. Trump, who last year raised the possibility of a “military option” against Mr. Maduro. We can’t allow a dictatorship in Venezuela that affects the security of entire region through drug trafficking, organized crime and the deep humanitarian crisis it has created,” Mr. Almagro said.
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