Venezuela Denies EU Lawmakers Entry Given 'Conspiratorial Motives' [View all]
By Reuters
Feb. 17, 2019
CARACAS — Venezuela denied a group of European Parliament deputies entry into the country on Sunday, arguing they had "conspiratorial motives" for flying to Caracas in the throes of a political crisis.
The European Parliament last month joined a slew of Western nations in recognizing Venezuelan opposition chief Juan Guaido as interim head of state after President Nicolas Maduro won a second term in an election last year that critics denounced as a sham.
The four deputies from the center-right European People's Party (EPP) were traveling to Venezuela to meet with Guaido, one of them said in a video distributed via social media.
"They have retained our passports, they haven't communicated the reason for our expulsion," Esteban González Pons said.
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