Sen. Bernie Sanders didn't label Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro a “dictator” tonight, despite criticizing his government for failing to hold democratic elections. CNN's Wolf Blitzer asked Sanders, “Why have you stopped short of calling Maduro of Venezuela a dictator?”“It’s fair to say the last election was undemocratic, but there are still democratic operations taking place in that country,” Sanders said. Sanders on Monday night again warned against the "unintended consequences" of foreign intervention, instead calling for "internationally supervised free elections." "I'm old enough to remember the war in Vietnam," Sanders said, before ticking off past American political interference in Central and South America. "I am very fearful of the United States continuing to do what it has done in past — the United States overthrew a democratically elected government in Chile, and in Brazil, and in Guatemala."

Source: CNN February 26, 2019 00:24 UTC