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Santos asks for support for peace in Colombia, US Republican offers support for war with Venezuela [View all]
written by Adriaan Alsema May 18, 2017
US Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos traveled to Washington DC to seek support for peace in Colombia. Instead he got offered military support for a possible war with Venezuela, according to Colombian newspaper El Tiempo.
Before meeting with US President Donald Trump and his team in the White House, Santos took to the capitol building to meet with Senators and House Representatives to urge for ongoing support for Colombia’s 10-year peace process.
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Instead of supporting the peace process, Republican Party Senator Lindsey Graham reportedly sought Santos’ approval to send US military resources to Colombia’s border with Venezuela amid an increasingly explosive political crisis in the neighboring country.
Graham told the newspaper he had asked Santos “what can we do to help the Colombian armed forces so that they can deter a Venezuelan provocation, because I don’t believe Russia and China will want to promote democracy in that country.”
More:
https://colombiareports.com/santos-asks-support-peace-colombia-us-republican-offers-support-war-venezuela/
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