The New York Times, on Saturday, reported, citing US and Venezuelan sources, that the administration of US President Donald Trump had discussed plans to topple the country’s President Nicolas Maduro with rebellious Venezuelan military officers.
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According to the article released by The New York Times, at least three separate groups of Venezuelan servicemen were involved in conspiracies against Maduro's government. The coups were reportedly going to take place in the summer of 2017, March and May 2018, but none of the plans came to fruition.
Meanwhile, US National Security Council spokesman Garrett Marquis has said that the United States is committed to a policy that provides for Venezuela's peaceful return to democracy.
Marquis added that Venezuela needed to restore the rule of law and governance based on democratic practices to find a way out of the country's worsening crisis.