{"id":183543,"date":"2019-02-09T13:43:37","date_gmt":"2019-02-09T13:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=183543"},"modified":"2019-02-13T04:46:10","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T04:46:10","slug":"guaido-says-may-ask-us-military-intervention-in-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=183543","title":{"rendered":"Guaido says may ask US military intervention in Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"

Press TV \u2013 Feb 9, 2019<\/h1>\n
\"Youthful<\/a>

Youthful and photogenic, like a younger Obama, Juan Guaido, is an obvious pick for the Western powers to do their bidding. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

Venezuela’s Juan Guaido does not rule a US military intervention\u00a0to oust\u00a0President Nicolas Maduro amid reports that Washington is in direct contact\u00a0with Venezuelan generals to stoke a mutiny.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The self-proclaimed interim\u00a0president told AFP in an exclusive interview that he may\u00a0authorize\u00a0a US military intervention to force Maduro from power and establish a \u201ctransitional government\u201d in Venezuela.<\/span><\/p>\n

Guaido, the head of opposition-controlled National Assembly, said he would do “everything that is necessary,” even though a US military intervention is “a very controversial subject.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The 35-year-old opposition figure called on the Venezuelan army to allow the “humanitarian aid,” currently in a warehouse at the Colombian border,\u00a0to enter the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maduro has denounced the aid, saying US President Donald Trump\u00a0is using Venezuela\u2019s humanitarian crisis as a cover-up for his military plans in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the Friday interview, Guaido called on his supporters to stay in the streets and protest until Maduro allows the US convoy\u00a0to cross into Venezuela.<\/span><\/p>\n

The opposition leader also rejected the Venezuelan government\u2019s offer for talks and said he was not willing to \u201cparticipate in fake dialogues.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

His remarks came a day after Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said Caracas was ready to sit at the negotiating table with the opposition and resolve the political crisis in the South American country.<\/span><\/p>\n

US expecting military defections\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

On Friday, a senior White House official revealed that\u00a0the US was holding direct communications with Venezuela\u2019s military personnel to encourage them into\u00a0abandoning President Maduro.<\/span><\/p>\n

Members of Venezuela\u2019s army have widely expressed loyalty to President Maduro, saying they will give their lives to defend their homeland.<\/span><\/p>\n

The While House official told Reuters <\/a><\/strong><\/span>that the US administration had called on members of the Venezuelan army to switch their allegiance in exchange for sanctions relief or face stronger penalties.<\/span><\/p>\n

Venezuela has been in political turmoil in the past couple of weeks, with the opposition blaming the country\u2019s President Maduro for\u00a0an ailing economy, hyperinflation, power cuts, and shortages of basic items, urging him to resign.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maduro has accused Washington of waging an economic war against Caracas through\u00a0sanctions which have exacerbated the country’s problems.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump imposed new sanctions on Venezuela\u2019s oil industry earlier this month as\u00a0he officially recognized\u00a0Guaido as the “legitimate” president even though he has not run in any presidential election.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other US allies such as the UK, France, Spain and Germany have recognized Guaido but Italy has refused to follow suit.\u00a0Russia, China, Turkey and Iran are some of the countries that\u00a0have thrown their support behind Maduro.<\/span><\/p>\n

China calls for peaceful settlement<\/strong><\/h2>\n

On Friday, Chin’as Foreign Ministry said Venezuela should resolve its political crisis via peaceful talks and that Beijing supports\u00a0the international community’s efforts in this regard.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Venezuela’s affairs should be resolved by its people within the framework of the constitution and the law through peaceful dialogue and political channels,” it said. “Only this way can Venezuela realizing lasting stability.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The International Contact Group (GCI), which includes European and Latin American countries, also stated this week that all sides need to find a \u201cpeaceful, democratic\u201d way out of the situation \u201cwithout the use of force.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Exactly what Bolton and Pompeo have been waiting for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Current_Affairs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=183543"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183547,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183543\/revisions\/183547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=183543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=183543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=183543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}