US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has accused the illegitimate regime in Venezuela of cooperating with criminals that threaten the national security of the United States.<\/p>\n
Rubio said Friday the regime of President Nicolas Maduro openly cooperates with Iran, Hezbollah, and drug trafficking groups.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey (Venezuela regime) operate and cooperate with terrorist organizations against the national interest of the United States, not just cooperate, but partner with and participate in activities to threaten the national interest of the United States,\u201d he told reporters at a news conference at the State Department.<\/p>\n
According to Rubio, Venezuela is a country that is not just an illegitimate regime that does not cooperate with the US but also a regime that openly cooperates with criminal and terrorist elements, including Hezbollah, Iran and others.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd clearly these narco groups cooperate openly from there,\u201d the Secretary of State said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a regime that cooperates with Iran, that cooperates with Hezbollah; that cooperates with narcotrafficking and narcoterrorist organizations, inclusive not just protecting their shipments and allowing them to operate with impunity, but also allows some of them to control territory,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Earlier, US President Donald Trump said he was leaving the possibility of war with Venezuela on the table, according to an interview with NBC News published on Friday.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don’t rule it out, no,\u201d he told NBC News in a phone interview.<\/p>\n
Trump also said there would be additional seizures of oil tankers near Venezuelan waters, according to the interview. The US seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela last week.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf they’re foolish enough to be sailing along, they’ll be sailing along back into one of our harbors,\u201d he told NBC News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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