EU says military intervention in Venezuela must be avoided

The European Union on Monday urged countries to avoid any military intervention in Venezuela, the spokeswoman for diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini said, AFP reported. 

"We must avoid a military intervention," Maja Kocijancic told reporters, as Venezuela's opposition leader and self-declared president Juan Guaido was in Bogota to hold talks with allies in the regional Lima Group of countries on measures to compel President Nicolas Maduro to leave office.