“The Venezuelan military has a choice: to accept democracy, protect civilians, and skip humanitarian aid; or face even greater sanctions and isolation, ”Bolton wrote in his microblog on Twitter.

Earlier, the head of EU diplomacy Federica Mogherini said that the European Union could impose new sanctions against the Venezuelan authorities.

On January 28, the American leader Donald Trump signed a decree imposing sanctions against the Venezuelan authorities, the Central Bank of the country and the state oil and gas company PDVSA.