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CIA Director: Venezuela could become a risk to the United States
2017-08-14
[New York Post] CIA director Mike Pompeo said on Sunday that Venezuela could become a "risk" to the US if chaos continues to roil the South American country.​ ​

"The Cubans are there; the Russians are there, the Iranians, Hezbollah are there​," he said on "Fox News Sunday." "​This is something that has a risk of getting to a very​,​ very bad place, so America needs to take this very seriously."​ ​

He said President Trump was just trying to give the ​country’s ​people hope when he floated the idea ​on Friday that the US would take military action ​after condemning Venezuelan leader Nicholas Maduro for human rights abuses and calling for him to hold "free and fair elections."

​"What I believe the president is trying to accomplish this week was to give the Venezuelan people hope and opportunity to create a situation where democracy can be restored," Pompeo said.

But Trump’s comments led Maduro’s son, Nicolas Maduro Guerra,​ ​to respond by ​warning Washington it would retaliate with force.

​"​​If the US soils the homeland, the rifles would come to New York and take the White House​,​"​ he said, Politico reported on Saturday.

National security adviser H.R. McMaster said Trump has asked for a report on what could happen next in the country.
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