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Trump floated Venezuela invasion in 2017: Colombia ex-leader

Trump suggested a Venezuela invasion to quickly fix the crisis in 2017, but Santos warned it would fuel anti-American sentiment in Latin America, the former Colombian president said.

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U.S. President Donald Trump first floated the idea of an "invasion" of Venezuela as far back as 2017, Colombian ex-president Juan Manuel Santos told the Financial Times in an interview published Friday.

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Santos, who led Colombia between 2010 and 2018 and negotiated the FARC peace agreement in 2016, has recently qualified American military action in Venezuela and arrested President Nicolas Maduro, on 3 January, for "global stability".Tump has been planning military intervention in Venezuela since September 2017For the first time, through the former Head of State, Trump would have raised the idea of a military intervention in Venezuela in Septembe…

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The former Colombian president and vice president of the Nobel Peace Prize, Juan Manuel Santos, said in an interview published Friday of the Financial Times that US President Donald Trump suggested "an invasion" in Venezuela during...

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The former Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, said in an interview published Friday of the Financial Times that Donald Trump suggested a "invasion" of Venezuela at a meeting with Latin-American leaders in 2017, in his first term at the Alba House, reports AFP.

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The Colombian and Lao President of the Nobel Peace Prize, Juan Manuel Santos, said in an interview published Friday of the Financial Times that US President Donald Trump suggested an "invasion" in Venezuela during a meeting with Latin-American leaders in 2017, during his first mission to the Albá House, reported AFP.

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The former Colombian president said that, during a meeting with Latin American leaders, the then head of the White House proposed a military exit against the Chavista regime.

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