Is US Hinting at Military Action in Venezuela? US Envoy Says Personnel Withdrawal Doesn't Change Things
Posted on AllSides March 13th, 2019
(CNSNews.com) – The decision to withdraw remaining U.S. diplomatic staff from Venezuela and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s reference to their presence there being a “constraint on U.S. policy” does not mark a change in policy, special envoy for Venezuela Elliott Abrams said Tuesday, amid speculation that the U.S. may be signaling plans for military intervention.
Asked during a press briefing at the State Department whether Pompeo’s words were intended as a “hint or harbinger of military intervention or some kind of use of force,” Abrams said, “Nothing has changed.”...
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