VIENNA, Austria.- This Sunday, the Secretary of State of USA, Marco Rubioassured that the situation in Venezuela it’s now far better that before the capture of President Nicolás Maduro on January 3 and said that, although many countries did not like it, the operation was a success of which he is proud.
“There is still a long way to go, there is a lot of work to do. But I can tell you that Venezuela is much better today than it was six weeks ago,” said the head of US diplomacy at a press conference in Bratislava alongside the slovak prime minister, Robert Ficobroadcast by the State Department.
🇺🇸‼️ | Secretary of State Marco Rubio: “Venezuela is much better today than it was six weeks ago… There is still a lot to do… but I think we can all now agree that Venezuela has a chance at a new future that did not exist six weeks ago.” pic.twitter.com/ZfUPtYacf3
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Condemns the capture of Nicolás Maduro
Rubio thus reacted to a question to Fico, who at the time condemned the capture of Maduro on Venezuelan soil by US troops.
The prime minister then described the operation, which included the bombing of military bases, as proof of the “breakdown of the world order created after the Second World War.”
Rubio stated that he is aware that there are close US allies who “did not like” that operation on Venezuelan soil.
🇺🇸 Marco Rubio: “Venezuela is much better today than before Maduro’s capture”
🇺🇸 The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, defended this Sunday from Bratislava the success of the military operation that ended with the arrest of the overthrown dictator Nicolás Maduro.
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In this regard, he said that these discrepancies do not mean that they cannot be partners since “countries express their opinion all the time.”
“But I tell you one thing: it was a success. We are proud of it. It was necessary because that guy was a narcoterrorist; “We made him several offers and he decided to reject them,” he stated.
The Secretary of State declared that, beyond opinions, “now everyone can agree that Venezuela has an opportunity for a new future that didn’t exist six weeks ago.”
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