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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPuerto Rico asks Trump for help after Venezuela's Maduro threatens invasion
Puerto Ricos new Republican governor is drawing attention to Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduros military threats against the U.S. island in the wake of President-elect Trumps calls for U.S. territorial expansion.
In a letter to Trump dated Monday, Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón said Maduros plea for Latin American troops to invade Puerto Rico is an open threat to the United States, our national security and stability in the region.
González-Colóns letter was in response to a Maduro speech on Sunday in Caracas, closing the Global International Antifascist Festival.
As in the north they have an agenda of colonization, we have an agenda of liberation, and that agenda was written for us by Simón Bolívar, said Maduro.
In a letter to Trump dated Monday, Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón said Maduros plea for Latin American troops to invade Puerto Rico is an open threat to the United States, our national security and stability in the region.
González-Colóns letter was in response to a Maduro speech on Sunday in Caracas, closing the Global International Antifascist Festival.
As in the north they have an agenda of colonization, we have an agenda of liberation, and that agenda was written for us by Simón Bolívar, said Maduro.
https://thehill.com/latino/5085427-puerto-rico-trump-venezuela-maduro-gonzalez-colon-greenland-panama-canal/
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Puerto Rico asks Trump for help after Venezuela's Maduro threatens invasion (Original Post)
TheProle
Jan 16
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Ocelot II
(122,362 posts)1. He'll send them all the paper towels they need.
boonecreek
(402 posts)2. So, like Trump,
Maduro wants someone else to do the dirty work.
Has Brazil been consulted about committing an
act of war against the US.? Of course, there's always
the possibility that Trump would just let them have it.
Blue_Tires
(57,596 posts)3. Puerto Rico elected a repub?
FFS do we win elections anywhere anymore??