Venezuela says Americas bloc suspension threat is 'imperial' plot

[brooklynite]

Source: Reuters

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's socialist government said on Wednesday a move by the head of the Organization of American States (OAS) to censure the country for breaching democratic norms is an "imperialist" scheme to take the OPEC member's oil.

Under increasing international pressure and facing an internal opposition push for a referendum to recall Maduro, the government has reacted with fury to OAS chief Luis Almagro's request for an emergency meeting on Venezuela.

"The empire has decided that it's time to take our resources," Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez told reporters, casting Almagro as a tool of U.S. policy.

"We know that what's coming is an intervention ... that's why we are alerting the international community."

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-oas-idUSKCN0YN5NT

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Thanks for clarifying that....

[tonyt53]

1. Says the leader of one probably the most corrupt country in the western hemisphere.

They are even worse than Brazil

[Igel]

2. The supply of pharmaceuticals to Venezuela must be really dire.

Even the leader of the country can't get his meds.

[Little Tich]

3. If Maduro says so, then it must be true... n/t