Bolton Says Meddling By Hostile Powers Into West Hemisphere's Security Won't Be Tolerated

The United States will not tolerate interference by "hostile foreign powers" into the Western Hemisphere's security, US National Security Advisor John Bolton said, commenting on the situation in Venezuela

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 26th March, 2019) The United States will not tolerate interference by "hostile foreign powers" into the Western Hemisphere's security, US National Security Advisor John Bolton said, commenting on the situation in Venezuela.

Earlier in March, Bolton said that the United States was applying the Monroe Doctrine, a policy penned in the 1820s that aimed at securing an all-democratic Western Hemisphere through influence over Latin American countries, to the situation in Venezuela.

"The United States will not tolerate hostile foreign military powers meddling with the Western Hemisphere's shared goals of democracy, security, and the rule of law. The Venezuelan military must stand with the people of Venezuela," Bolton wrote on Twitter on Monday.

He did not elaborate which foreign states he considered "hostile."

Venezuela has been suffering from a severe political crisis for around two months, after the leader of the country's opposition, Juan Guaido, illegally proclaimed himself interim president, contesting the re-election of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro last year.

The self-proclaimed interim president immediately received support on the part of the United States, which has also denounced Maduro's re-election, along with a number of other countries. China, Cuba, Russia and a number of other countries have endorsed Maduro as Venezuela's only legitimate president.