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Venezuela Maduro OAS: Latin American 'traitor' row escalates
Source: BBC
Venezuela Maduro OAS: Latin American 'traitor' row escalates
19 May 2016 Latin America & Caribbean
The head of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, has accused the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of being "a traitor".
In a series of Twitter posts addressed directly to Mr Maduro, Mr Almagro also called him a "petty dictator".
Mr Maduro accused the OAS chief earlier this week of being a CIA agent and a traitor himself.
The Venezuelan president has blamed his country's economic crisis on an axis of enemy forces co-ordinated from the US.
'US agent'
During a three-hour long news conference on Tuesday, Mr Maduro had justified his declaration of a state of emergency by saying Venezuela was under attack from imperialist forces led by the CIA.
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19 May 2016 Latin America & Caribbean
The head of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, has accused the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of being "a traitor".
In a series of Twitter posts addressed directly to Mr Maduro, Mr Almagro also called him a "petty dictator".
Mr Maduro accused the OAS chief earlier this week of being a CIA agent and a traitor himself.
The Venezuelan president has blamed his country's economic crisis on an axis of enemy forces co-ordinated from the US.
'US agent'
During a three-hour long news conference on Tuesday, Mr Maduro had justified his declaration of a state of emergency by saying Venezuela was under attack from imperialist forces led by the CIA.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36330920
