Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Monday that there was a threat to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's life and pointed out that the United States would be responsible for a possible assassination of Maduro
MEXICO CITY (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 25th February, 2019) Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Monday that there was a threat to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's life and pointed out that the United States would be responsible for a possible assassination of Maduro.On Sunday, US Sen. Marco Rubio wrote a number of posts on his Twitter page about the situation in Venezuela. Among this posts, Rubio uploaded a photo of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi taken by rebels, who killed him soon after this photo was made.
"What does [US Secretary of State Mike] Pompeo say now after their [the United States and its allies] failure? He says that Maduro's days are numbered. Last night a US senator said that Maduro must be assassinated. If something happens with Maduro, the United States, Pompeo and this senator Rubio will be responsible for that," Morales said, as quoted by the ABI news agency.
According to the Bolivian leader, the only US goal is to seize Venezuelan natural resources.
Venezuela is currently going through a political crisis. On January 5, lawmaker Juan Guaido was elected as the president of the opposition-controlled National Assembly, which all other government branches have been refusing to recognize in 2016. On January 23, two days after the Venezuelan Supreme Court annulled his election, Guaido declared himself the country's "interim president." Incumbent President Maduro, who was sworn in for his second presidential term on January 10 after winning the May election, which part of the opposition boycotted, qualified Guaido's move as an attempt to stage a coup orchestrated by Washington.
The United States immediately recognized Guaido, after which some 50 other countries followed suit. Russia, China, Cuba, Bolivia and a number of other states have, in the meantime, voiced their support for the legitimate government of Maduro. Mexico and Uruguay have refused to recognize Guaido, declaring themselves neutral and promoting crisis settlement via dialogue.
