The Venezuelan President’s son, Nicolás Maduro, has issued a threat to the United States if the government decides to send in its military to attack the South American country.
This threat comes after the United States President Donald Trump threatened to send in the United States army if the crisis in the country continued and Nicholás responded promising to invade the White House with guns if the military option was carried out.
“Venezuela is not far away and people are suffering, and they are dying. We have many options for Venezuela, including a possible military option if necessary,” Trump revealed o reporters at his New Jersey golf club.
Maduro’s son who was confused with the location of the White House responded with a similar threat.
If you would dare touch our homeland, the rifles would arrive in New York, Mr Trump, we would arrive and take the White House,” Maduro Guerra said according to reports. “Vietnam would be small … but this is not what we want, we will not, we have never been, nor we will be people of war.”
The Venezuelan president’s son was born in 1990 and started his career in politics after his father won the presidential election.
In 2013, he was made the Head of the countries Head of the Corps of Special Inspectors of the Presidency, which is the body that focuses on policies that are implemented by the President.
Earlier this year Maduro was elected into the country’s Constituent Assembly.
The country’s first family have been accused of extreme nepotism as they have allegedly used their position to place their family members in top positions in the government house.
Maduro has also courted controversy as he was seen at an event in 2015 splashing dollars at a wedding.
Protests against Maduro since April 1 have brought thousands to the streets demanding elections but has also left more than 100 people dead, according to an official toll. The opposition in Venezuela is brutally repressed and everyone is asking for peace in the midst of the crisis.
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Another South American group, Mercosur, have kicked against the statement of President Trump calling for the military option in dealing with the crisis in Venezuela.
The group’s stance was re-echoed by the Argentine government through a statement calling for dialogue and diplomacy instead of violence to promote democracy in Venezuela.
The foreign minister of Venezuela’s foreign minister said that Mr Trump’s words come off as hostile and disrespectful and could destabilize the Latin American region.
The violent protest in the country has led to the death of 120 people.
The other Latin American countries that have kicked against President Trump’s statement are Mexico, Colombia and Peru, which said Mr Trump’s threat was against UN principles.
The Peruvian government that have been fierce critics of Maduro’s government have taken a rather different stance and expelled the country’s ambassador after Caracas sent an “unacceptable” response to regional condemnation of its new constituent assembly.
Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski also called on Mr Maduro to resign and called him a dictator.
On Friday evening Mr Trump told reporters the US had “many options for Venezuela, including a possible military option if necessary”.
“The people are suffering and they’re dying,” he added.
The US has also imposed sanctions on President Maduro, stating that he is a dictator.
The White House further revealed that Mr Maduro has asked for a phone call with President Trump.