Venezuela on Sunday slammed comments by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about the government of President Nicolas Maduro, denouncing "supremacist policies" and aggression by the "regime of Donald Trump." In a speech on Friday, Pompeo said that "a dictator today in Venezuela cripples his economy and starves his people," and urged the State Department help to those who flee the crisis-stricken country. "Mr Pompeo shows false concern for the reality of Venezuela, while hiding the perverse effects of the unilateral coercive measures of his government," Venezuela's Foreign Ministry said in a statement, referring to financial sanctions levied against Venezuela by the Trump government. Maduro blames the situation on US sanctions and an "economic war" waged by the opposition. Opposition politician Henri Falcon is breaking the boycott and will stand against Maduro.

Source: dna May 07, 2018 00:56 UTC