Maduro opponents boost military rhetoric in Venezuela crisis
By JOSHUA GOODMAN and CHRISTINE ARMARIO, Associated Press
Published: February 24, 2019, 10:57pm
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Venezuelans work to remove a roadblock created by Venezuelan National Guards on the Simon Bolivar International Bridge on Sunday in La Parada, near Cucuta, Colombia, on the border with Venezuela. Fernando Vergara/Associated Press Photo Gallery
CUCUTA, Colombia — Opposition leader Juan Guaido has called on the international community to consider “all options” to resolve Venezuela’s crisis, a dramatic escalation in rhetoric that echoes comments from the Trump administration hinting at potential U.S. military involvement.
Guaido’s comments late Saturday came after a tumultuous day that saw President Nicolas Maduro’s forces fire tear gas and buckshot on activists trying to deliver humanitarian aid in violent clashes that left two people dead and some 300 injured.
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