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Juan Guaido says Venezuelan police squad accused of killings paid home visit to spook his family
Venezuelan National Assembly leader Juan Guaido said a special police squad accused of extrajudicial killings visited his home Thursday, days after the authoritarian regime restricted his travel. The force's commander denied it happened. During a news conference on the opposition's economic plans, Guaido, who is ...
Pentagon won't rule out sending troops to Colombia amid Venezuela upheaval
Acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan on Tuesday would not rule out sending U.S. military forces to Colombia or the region in connection with the ongoing political upheaval in Venezuela. Shanahan told reporters that he hasn't spoken to national security adviser John Bolton about sending troops ...
'5,000 troops to Colombia' seen written on Trump aide John Bolton's notepad amid Venezuela talks
U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton was photographed Monday holding a notepad that included the handwritten line "5,000 troops to Colombia." Bolton spoke to White House reporters while holding the yellow notepad and discussing the crisis in Venezuela, where the U.S. now recognizes opposition leader ...
Trump slaps sanctions on Venezuela state-owned oil company PDVSA to press Maduro to cede power
The Trump administration imposed sanctions Monday on the state-owned oil company of Venezuela, a potentially critical economic move aimed at increasing pressure on President Nicolas Maduro to cede power to the opposition. National security adviser John Bolton and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced the measures ...
White House national security adviser John Bolton warned on Sunday against violence or intimidation of American diplomats in Venezuela or opposition leader Juan Guaido, saying such action would trigger a response from the United States. "Any violence and intimidation against U.S. diplomatic personnel, Venezuela's democratic ...
U.S. national security adviser John Bolton, known as one of the most hawkish officials in the Trump administration, has said that Washington would roll back crushing sanctions on North Korea if the U.S. sees "a significant sign" of steps toward denuclearization. Bolton alluded to the ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday called comments by U.S. national security adviser John Bolton over the Syrian Kurdish militia a "grave mistake," highlighting tensions between Ankara and Washington. Erdogan's comments came shortly after Bolton held more than two hours of talks in the ...
Kurdish official asks for Washington's clarifications about planned withdrawal of U.S. troops
Syria's Kurds are awaiting clarifications from the U.S. over America's plans to pull out its troops from Syria following comments made by a top White House aide that appeared to counter earlier comments by President Donald Trump, a Syrian Kurdish official said Monday. Speaking from ...
Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro says he will target Venezuela and Cuba
Brazilian far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday that he would take all action "within the rule of law and democracy" to oppose the governments of Venezuela and Cuba. Bolsonaro, who takes power Jan. 1, is a fervent anti-communist who has praised his country's 1964-1985 ...
Trump adviser John Bolton hones ties with Brazil's far-right leader Bolsonaro
U.S. President Donald Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton, met Brazil's far-right President-elect, Jair Bolsonaro, on Thursday to draw closer the two biggest economies in the Americas, whose leaders are ideologically in lockstep. The rise of Bolsonaro, a one-time army captain who spent nearly three ...
In call to Jared Kushner, Saudi crown prince described slain journalist as dangerous Islamist
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman described slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi as a dangerous Islamist in a phone call with the White House, the Washington Post reported Thursday, quoting people familiar with the matter. He used the characterization in the phone talk with President Donald ...
Trump signs sanctions order targeting Venezuela gold exports: John Bolton
Washington ratcheted up pressure on Venezuela's leftist President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday with new measures aimed at disrupting the South American country's gold exports, U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said. Bolton promised a tough stance by the Trump administration toward "dictators and despots near ...
