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Trump speaks in Miami about crisis in Venezuela

 

SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, Fla. - President Trump made a stop in South Florida Monday where spoke about the troubles in Venezuela.

 

In his speech at FIU's main campus, Trump said socialism has ravaged Venezuela to the point that even the world's largest oil reserves cannot keep the lights on in the country.

Trump said the United States seeks a peaceful transition of power in Venezuela but "all options are open."

 

Trump added he is asking every member of the Nicolas Maduro regime to end this "nightmare" of poverty and death.

 

He says, "Let your people go. Set your country free."

 

The Venezuelan military has largely remained loyal to Maduro. Trump said Juan Guaido's government will not seek retribution against them, but if they continue to support Maduro, they will "lose everything."

Trump chose South Florida for the speech as it is home to the largest number of Venezuelans in the United States.

Midway through the event, Trump welcomed onto the stage the mother of Oscar Perez, a Venezuelan police officer who flew a helicopter over the capital and launched grenades at the Supreme Court building. He and several comrades died in a gun battle with police after months on the lam.

 

The president says the U.S. is "profoundly grateful to every dissident and every exile." He says what happened in Venezuela "will never happen to us."

Trump says a "new day is coming in Latin America."

The speech began around 4:40 p.m. and followed weeks of maneuvers aimed at forcing the end of Maduro's reign as Venezuela's president.

Before his arrival in South Florida, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said the president would "reiterate his strong support" for self-declared interim president Guaido.

 

"Venezuelan military officials have a clear choice โ€“ work toward democracy for their future and the future of their families, or they will lose everything they have," Sanders said.

While facing upheaval in his country, Maduro continues to block humanitarian aid from flowing into the country.

Hours before Trump's arrival, a man climbed a crane across the street from the FIU campus to make a political statement.

The man's banner was originally folded and it was not known what he was protesting. However, it was later discovered he was asking the president to have mercy for Eduardo Arocena, an anti-Castro group leader arrested in 1983.

 

https://www.local10.com/news/local/miami/trump-to-speak-about-venezuela-in-miami