MIAMI (AP) — President Donald Trump says socialism has ravaged Venezuela to the point that even the world's largest oil reserves cannot keep the lights on in the country.
Trump spoke on Monday in Miami about the political crisis in Venezuela and the dangers of socialism.
Trump welcomed onto the stage the mother of Oscar Perez, a Venezuelan police officer who flew a helicopter over the capital and launched grenades at the Supreme Court building. He and several comrades died in a gun battle with police after months on the lam.
The president says the U.S. is "profoundly grateful to every dissident and every exile." He says what happened in Venezuela "will never happen to us."
Trump says a "new day is coming in Latin America."