Marco Rubio did not rule out the US military option in Venezuela: "Circumstances have changed" The Republican senator from Florida affirmed that the Nicolás Maduro regime "has become a threat to the region and even to the United States." He also talked about the situation in Nicaragua
Marco Rubio, a Republican senator from Florida, held a meeting at the White House with Donald Trump's National Security Advisor, John Bolton, in which they spoke about the deep crisis that Venezuela is going through and its implications for the United States and Latin America. . "For months and years I wanted the solution in Venezuela to be a non-military and peaceful solution, simply to restore democracy, there is a National Assembly elected by the people that has been clouded by this dictatorship," Rubio began when consulted for his meeting with Bolton.
"I believe that the Armed Forces of the United States are only used in the event of a threat to national security, I believe that there is an argument, very strong, that can be made at this time that Venezuela and the (Nicolás) Maduro regime has become a threat to the region and even to the United States. " He said that in his meeting with Bolton, this topic was discussed in general. "(The Government of) Maduro is a government that supports drug traffickers, guerrillas and terrorist groups that are threatening the stability of Colombia."
