Maduro, Chavistas persona non grata at Americas Summit. [View all]

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Summit host yanks Venezuela's invitation over early election
The Associated Press
February 13, 2018 09:22 PM

Updated 1 hour 14 minutes ago
LIMA, PERU

The host nation for a summit of Western Hemisphere leaders on Tuesday withdrew its invitation to Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro over his country's plan to hold an early presidential election.

Maduro had been among leaders invited to the Summit of the Americas, a regional gathering seen as the premier forum for projecting U.S. leadership in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Venezuela's pro-government election officials recently announced that the presidential election will be April 22, though traditionally the vote has been held late in the year. The date was set just hours after negotiations crumbled between the government and political opposition leaders over how to conduct the election so it is free and fair.

The United States has said it will reject the election, which also drew swift condemnation from condemnation from several of Venezuela's neighbors in Latin America as well as nations in Europe. The critics said the rushed ballot will undercut the political negotiations and is unfair to the opposition.

"His presence will no longer be welcome in said meeting," Peruvian Foreign Minister Cayetana Aljovin said of Maduro's invitation to the Summit of the Americas.

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http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/article199965584.html

For all his bluster with his self signed "compromise" deal from the Dominican Republic, Maduro still refused to allow humanitarian aid into Venezuela. Perhaps if he would allow food and medicine to be airlifted in to his starving and dying people, he might be invited to a forum where he could rail against the vulgar Yanqui for making him accept food and medicine?