OAS chief: 'military intervention' in Venezuela cannot be ruled out

The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, said "With regards to a military intervention aimed at overthrowing the Venezuelan regime of Nicolas Maduro, I think we should not exclude any option," the chief of the Washington-based OAS said, adding that Caracas was committing "crimes against humanity" on its people.

Diplomatic actions should come first, Almagro said, but added that the international community "should not rule out any action," given the Venezuelan people's suffering and the exodus that it is driving.

The prospect of ending Venezuela's crisis by overthrowing the Maduro regime has long been opposed by Latin American nations. A military intervention in Venezuela by its neighbors would be unprecedented; in the history of a region whose countries have not had a full-scale war against each other in over five decades.

The OAS leader was joined in Cucuta on the border with western Venezuela by the head of Human Rights Watch in the Americas, Jose Miguel Vivanco, and the Colombian foreign minister, Carlos Holmes Trujillo.

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