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The director for Latin America of the National Security Council, Mauricio Claver Carone, He said that the situation in Venezuela is similar to that experienced with the Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega in the 1980s, he was finally removed from power by a US military operation. “In Venezuela, we have a peculiarity that we have not had since the 1980s in Panama: a personage who usurped the powers of a State and put them at the service of narco-terrorism. We saw him with Noriega in the 80s and we are currently seeing him with Nicolás Maduro in VenezuelaThat creates a threat to its neighbors and to the United States, ”he said in an interview with the EVtv channel.
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The closest adviser to Donald Trump for matters of the American continent said he insisted that “our wish for Venezuela is a peaceful and democratic transition and that is why the State Department has once again given a very generous, too generous, diplomatic proposal for this peaceful departure. ” But he made it clear that Maduro “is at a juncture that is cooperation or confrontation. This is not the time for bravado but for common sense that dictates that no one who has confronted the American Justice has gone well. There is a good and peaceful way out if there is cooperation. The confrontation, whether it was with Manuel Noriega, Pablo Escobar or El Chapo Guzmán, never ends well“He stressed.
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Claver Carone justified the “historical increase in military assets in the western hemisphere, particularly in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific area” due to “the threat to the lives of Americans, to the security of our neighbors and allies, and to the democrats who deserves the attention and the assets to meet this challenge. “
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“In the same way that Maduro’s income from gold and oil has been cut, we seek to cut his income from drug trafficking. It is to close another lucrative door for them ”, he explained.
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“When the chief of staff of the United States says that we are at war against the drug cartels, it means that we are at war against the Sinaloa cartel and the Soles cartel“Summed up the official.
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The message from the United States government to Maduro “is take it or leave it in the diplomatic sense,” Claver Carone insisted. “Nicolás Maduro must regret all the opportunities that he has had in the last year. Your situation in 3-6 months will not improve, it is impossible. There is no scenario here for the situation for Maduro to improve. The opportunity presented to you is generous, feasible, and can be done cooperatively. If what they are looking for is confrontation, no model has a happy ending for them. ”
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Furthermore, Carone summoned the Venezuelan Armed Forces to leave their role of “protection of a accused narco-terrorist, of a fugitive from Justice” since “they have a duty to protect the citizens of Venezuela, not to protect Nicolás Maduro.”
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