Buenos Aires, November 25 (NA) — U.S. Republican Representative María Salazar anticipated that the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, understands that the United States is 'about to intervene' in the territory of the South American country.
'This will be an unexpected gain for us in terms of fossil fuels,' she calculated.
Maduro and Castro
When Fox Business host David Asman asked about the reluctance of many Americans to see the United States involved in a regime change in Venezuela, Salazar responded: 'Maduro is not Fidel Castro.'
Salazar, who represents Florida's 27th District, bluntly stated that U.S. involvement in a regime change in Venezuela would be 'very good news for the U.S. economy,' according to a Newsweek report, reproduced by its Argentine partner, the Argentine News Agency (Agencia Noticias Argentinas).
A geopolitical analysis with a calculator in hand
Salazar recalled that Venezuela is the owner of the world's largest known oil reserves and, elaborating on the issue, indicated that the recent designation of the regime he leads as a foreign terrorist organization by the White House 'has put it in the sights.'
'Venezuela will be a prime location for U.S. oil companies, as it will represent an economic activity of more than one trillion dollars,' the legislator enthused.
'People who hate the United States'
She then accused Venezuela of being 'the launchpad, the operations center for the Iranians, Hezbollah, Hamas, the Cubans, the Nicaraguans, people who hate the United States.'
'Maduro is the head of the Cartel of the Suns, one of the transnational criminal organizations.'
'The Venezuelans have the largest oil reserves in the world, more than Saudi Arabia. This is very good news for the U.S. economy,' she declared to Fox Business, according to the article by Simón Crerer for Newsweek.
She continued: 'It is a priority target for this administration from an economic perspective.' She commented that there, 'U.S. companies can intervene and repair the oil platforms.'
'So I think it will be very similar,' she recalled.
'A thug' with the backing of China and Russia
When defining Maduro, Salazar said: 'This guy is a thug' and reflected: 'It's time for the United States to do what it has to do.'
The same outlet added, in another report, that the presidents of China and Russia, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, expressed their support for Maduro through a letter, which the Venezuelan 'read on TV'.
'He has been accused by a federal grand jury of drug trafficking,' she continued.
'Maduro is not a brave man. He understands that we are about to intervene.'
She commented that 'this will be very similar to Panama,' referring to the U.S. invasion of 1989 to arrest his former ally Manuel Noriega, who was wanted on charges of organized crime and drug trafficking.
'I was a reporter and covered the U.S. invasion of Panama. I was there, I was a reporter, and I remember when the marines entered and the Panamanian girls asked them to marry them.'
'We can eliminate him, extradite him, or intervene and try to end his regime.'
