Military intervention not an answer for Venezuela: Colombia president tells paper

MARCH 15, 2019 / 4:42 AM / UPDATED 20 HOURS AGO

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MILAN (Reuters) - A military intervention in Venezuela is not the way to resolve the crisis in the country, Colombia’s President Ivan Duque said in an interview in Italian daily Il Sole 24 Ore published on Friday.

Venezuela plunged into a deep political crisis in January when Juan Guaido, head of the opposition-controlled congress, invoked the constitution to assume an interim presidency, arguing Nicolas Maduro’s 2018 re-election was not legitimate.

“I do not think the solution is a military intervention,” Duque told the newspaper, when asked about any proposed intervention, especially by the United States.

President Donald Trump has taken steps to ratchet up pressure on Maduro and bolster Guaido, recognized by the United States and more than 50 other countries, including Colombia. But Washington has dismissed as baseless suggestions it is planning to intervene militarily.

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