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US considering to send 5,000 US troops to Colombia?
by Adriaan Alsema January 28, 2019
US National Security Adviser John Bolton raised alarm in Colombia on Monday after holding a press conference on Venezuela while holding a notebook that said “5,000 troops to Colombia.”
Bolton, the hard-line adviser to President Donald Trump, told reporters in Washington that “the president has made it clear that all options are on the table.”
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque, who is facing major domestic security issues, has categorically rejected military intervention in Venezuela.
Colombia’s ambassador to Washington DC, Francisco Santos, spurred major controversy implying Colombia could team up with Trump and Brazil’s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro to topple Venezuela’s Maduro, whose legitimacy is challenged by the majority of countries in the hemisphere.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/us-considering-to-send-5000-us-troops-to-colombia/