US: According to the Homeland Security Advisor, “We set the terms” for broad collaboration and control in Venezuela
US: On Monday (local time), US Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller presented the administration’s stance on Venezuela.
“The President of the United States has asked Secretary Rubio, who also assisted his lead National Security Advisor, to oversee the enforcement of the President’s post guidance and direction to be the lead on this process,” Miller said. However, there are undoubtedly a lot of other factors at play. You have financial policy, military policy, energy policy, and Treasury policy. It’s a large team, a collection of individuals.”Because of our oil embargo, Venezuela is unable to do any business without our consent. Our Armada and our enormous fleet are still there. This is a current, operational military operation by the US government. Naturally, we establish the terms and conditions,” he said.
Miller claims that the United States has significant influence on Venezuela. He said that American naval troops are still stationed in the area and that Washington maintains an energy embargo that requires US consent for Venezuelan trade.The Venezuelan government is providing us with full, complete, and utter cooperation. And because of that collaboration, the Venezuelan people will become wealthier than they have ever been. In terms of military, economic, and security cooperation, as well as counterterrorism, counternarcotics, and all other areas of our security, the United States will undoubtedly gain a great deal from this. This is what President Trump accomplished over the last several months with his clever and decisive military operation in Venezuela, which naturally culminated with the assault force’s arrest of Maduro. It’s one of the biggest military triumphs, power balances, and strategic changes in our nation’s history,” he said.
Miller said that President Trump was responsible for a “brilliant, decisive military operation in Venezuela,” which resulted in a “assault force to capture Maduro.”
Meanwhile, ousted Venezuelan ruler Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, pleaded not guilty to all charges at their first court appearance in New York, accusing the US government of kidnapping them from their homeland, CNN reported.
According to CNN on Monday (local time), Maduro and Flores did not dispute their ongoing imprisonment and rejected the drug trafficking and weapons-related allegations brought against them. Their defense is likely to contest the legitimacy of their military capture, thus the appearance was both a historic occasion and the start of what is anticipated to be a protracted legal struggle.