The message seemed designed to reach Washington as one administration prepares to hand the baton to the next: If the United States keeps messing with Venezuela, then Caracas will retaliate by “liberating” the US territory of Puerto Rico,

"The freedom of Puerto Rico is pending, and we will achieve it with Brazilian troops," the Venezuelan president said.

Puerto Rico governor Jenniffer González Colón called Maduro's comments an "open threat to the United States and our national security."

Maduro’s calls for an invasion are a clear attempt to get rid of the United States presence and grow his influence in the area,” González-Colón wrote.

The governor of Puerto Rico requested that President-elect Donald Trump take a stand against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s threats to invade the U.S. island territory. Maduro made the threatening statements in question during the International Anti-Fascist Festival in Venezuela’s capital city of Caracas,

El presidente de Venezuela afirmó que tiene un plan para independizar al territorio caribeño con apoyo de tropas brasileñas, lo que generó reacciones inmediatas de la gobernadora Jenniffer González

The governor of Puerto Rico pleaded for President-elect Trump to intervene after Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro threatened to invade the U.S. island territory. In a letter addressed to Trump ...

Luego de que Nicolás Maduro propusiera “liberar la isla" de Estados Unidos, el gobierno de Puerto Rico mandó una contundente respuesta

Nicolás Maduro sugiere invadir Puerto Rico con tropas brasileñas y afirma que Venezuela, Cuba y Nicaragua están listas para la lucha.

El presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, sugirió el domingo durante la clausura de su "Festival Mundial Internacional Antifascista" que logrará la "liberación" de Puerto Rico utilizando "tropas de Brasil".

Puerto Rico’s new Republican governor is drawing attention to Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro’s military threats against the U.S. island in the wake of President-elect Trump’s calls for ...

The governor of Puerto Rico requested that President-elect Donald Trump take a stand against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s threats to invade the U.S. island territory. Maduro made the ...