The Latest: Aide says Trump is owed options on Venezuela

Anti-government demonstrators holds a poster that reads in Spanish "The jails won't shut the truth" and the image of opposition leader arrested Antonio Ledezma during a protest against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. Opposition members called a demonstration to protest the seating of a special assembly to rewrite the constitution. Observers will be closely watching the turnout as the arrest of several mayors and the opposition's decision to compete in regional elections despite concerns the election for the constitutional assembly was marred by fraud. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) Anti-government demonstrators holds a poster that reads in Spanish "The jails won't shut the truth" and the image of opposition leader arrested Antonio Ledezma during a protest against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. Opposition members called a demonstration to protest the seating of a special assembly to rewrite the constitution. Observers will be closely watching the turnout as the arrest of several mayors and the opposition's decision to compete in regional elections despite concerns the election for the constitutional assembly was marred by fraud. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

By Associated Press August 13, 2017 2 min read

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on Vice President Mike Pence’s trip to Latin American (all times local):

10:40 a.m.

President Donald Trump’s national security adviser is defending the president’s statement that he’s not ruling out a “military option” to resolve the political crisis in Venezuela.

H.R. McMaster says Trump has asked his team to consider what might happen next in Venezuela.

McMaster says officials “want to not only be able to cope with the current situation, but understand better how this crisis might evolve.”