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Colombia Claims Presence Of U.S. Forces Off Venezuelan Coast Is 'Disproportionate': 'Latin America Is a Land Of Peace'

Colombian Foreign Minister Rosa Villavicencio (Credit: Getty Images)

Colombian Foreign Minister Rosa Villavicencio said the deployment of U.S. troops off the Venezuelan coast is "disproportionate," and that an "intervention is not possible because Latin America is a land of peace"

"There is no doubt that the region's countries are committed to fighting drug-trafficking, but the presence is disproportionate," Villavicencio said.

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