Venezuelan President Criticizes Other Latin American Countries of “Rude Meddling” Ahead of Protests

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By: Elias Atienza

The Venezuelan President, Nicholas Maduro, has criticized eleven other countries for “rude meddling” ahead of planned protests against his government. Eleven countries -Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay- released a joint statement condemning violence and asking the government to “guarantee the right to peaceful protest.” They also asked opposition groups to protest responsibly.

Maduro has called for a counter protest by his own supporters while Venezuelan Prime Minister Delcy Rodriguez called the statement “rude interference” and said,“there is no imperialist force in this world which can defeat the sovereign people of Venezuela.”

Venezuela has been rocked by protests for a few weeks due to the scarcity of necessities, unemployment heading towards 25 percent, and local elections being postponed indefinitely. The Supreme Court also dissolved the National Assembly (though it later reversed that decision) while inflation is expected to rise 2000 percent by the end of 2018 according to Foreign Policy. 

Tens of thousands of people have fled the nation as well, with Human Rights Watch Americas Director Miguel Vivanco saying the Maduro government is “largely to blame.”

“Brazil is struggling to meet the urgent needs of Venezuelans who are victims of a humanitarian crisis for which the Maduro administration is largely to blame,” Vivanco said. “Brazil and other regional governments will ultimately have to press the Venezuelan government to stop denying the crisis and to take adequate steps to fix the problem.”


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