{"id":16979,"date":"2019-03-31T18:04:45","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T18:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/03\/31\/us-condemns-russia-troop-deployment-to-troubled-venezuela\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:58:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:58:18","slug":"us-condemns-russia-troop-deployment-to-troubled-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/03\/31\/us-condemns-russia-troop-deployment-to-troubled-venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"US condemns Russia troop deployment to troubled Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Trump administration on Friday condemned Venezuela\u2019s President Nicolas Maduro for what it said was his reliance on foreign military personnel to stay in power and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/03\/28\/russian-troop-deployment-to-venezuela-fully-legitimate-dismisses-us-demands-of-withdrawal\/\" target=_blank>renewed a warning to Russia<\/a> against getting involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump\u2019s national security adviser John Bolton along with the U.S. special envoy for Venezuela Elliott Abrams said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/03\/25\/pompeo-says-russian-troops-in-venezuela-increases-tensions\/\" target=_blank>Russia\u2019s military presence<\/a> in the country is destabilizing amid the country\u2019s political and economic crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We strongly caution actors external to the western hemisphere against deploying military assets to Venezuela, or elsewhere in the hemisphere, with the intent of establishing or expanding military operations,&#8221; the national security adviser said in a statement released by the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/03\/07\/us-envoy-dismisses-military-action-in-venezuela-during-prank-call\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1097942794.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US envoy dismisses military action in Venezuela during prank call<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The U.S. envoy for Venezuela dismissed the possibility of American military action in the South American country in a recording made by two Russian pranksters and released Wednesday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His comments come amid U.S. attempts to press Maduro to give up power, arguing his re-election last year was not legitimate. 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