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 U.S. territorial expansion.

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,

After Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s call for Puerto Rico’s “liberation” from US control, Puerto Rico’s governor has appealed to President-elect Trump for immediate action.