Latin America slams Trump's Venezuela 'military options' threat

By artappraiser on Sat, 08/12/2017 - 6:55pm |

By Brian Ellsworth & Mitra Taj @ Reuters.com, Aug. 12

CARACAS/LIMA - After months of attacking Venezuela's unpopular President Nicolas Maduro, Latin America came out strongly against U.S. threats of military action against the struggling OPECnation. U.S. President Donald Trump's surprise comments on Friday may give beleaguered leftist leader Maduro a regional boost, just as Venezuela was on verge of becoming a pariah [....]

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Sasse on Trump’s Venezuela remarks: ‘No’

@ Pollitico.com, 08/12/2017 09:07 AM ED

[....] "No,” said the Nebraska senator. “Congress obviously isn't authorizing war in Venezuela.”

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is a “horrible human being,” Sasse added, “but Congress doesn’t vote to spill Nebraskans' blood based on who the executive lashes out at today."

The rebuke from Sasse, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, comes amid deteriorating relations between Trump and Republican senators. The president this week feuded with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel (R-Ky.), with the pair trading jabs over who’s to blame for the Senate’s failure to act on Trump’s legislative agenda [....]

by artappraiser on Sat, 08/12/2017 - 8:12pm

Latin America slams Trump's Venezuela 'military options' threat

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