Pointing to disastrous history of US intervention, Sanders warns against military action in Venezuela
Sen.
Bernie Sanders on Thursday condemned the Trump administration's
threats to take military action in support of right-wing coup
plotters in Venezuela.
The
Vermont senator joined the chorus of progressive members of Congress
and advocacy groups warning that U.S. intervention would only worsen
political turmoil in Venezuela—and could potentially spark an
all-out civil war.
"The
Trump administration is threatening a disastrous military
intervention in Venezuela,"
Sanders tweeted. "Under
our Constitution, only Congress can authorize the use of force. We
must make sure the United States does not get involved in yet another
war and destabilize another region."
Sanders—a
2020 presidential candidate—expanded on his opposition to military
action in Venezuela during an interview on "Pod Save America,"
pointing to the devastating consequences of U.S. intervention
throughout Latin America over the past several decades.
"Given
our history of intervention in country after country in Latin
America, the overthrow of [democratically elected Chilean President
Salvador] Allende, the overthrow of the government of Brazil,
Guatemala, other countries, the idea that we would intervene
militarily in Venezuela is literally unbelievable,"
Sanders said. "It's
beyond, you know, it's absurd."
Sanders
said the United States must "do
everything we can to prevent a horrific civil war in [Venezuela], not
provoke one."
"I
will do everything I can to see that U.S. troops do not get involved
in a civil war in Venezuela,"
the senator said.
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