Maduro supporters rally against OAS ‘meddling’

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Maduro supporters rally against OAS ‘meddling’

Supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro take part in a protest against the Organization of American States (OAS) and its Secretary General Luis Almagro, in Caracas, on June 01, 2016. ©AFP
Thousands of Venezuelans have staged a rally in support of President Nicolas Maduro and against a threat by the Organization of American States (OAS) to punish his socialist administration for what is said to be breaching democratic norms.

On Wednesday, the protesters took to the streets in the capital, Caracas, in a demonstration called by Maduro, and chanted slogans against what they labeled the OAS’s meddling in Venezuela’s political affairs.

Maduro called OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro a “piece of trash” at the rally and accused him of involvement in an imperialist plot to facilitate foreign military invasion in Venezuela.

“If one day, which will never arrive, we have to take up a gun, then everyone in the fatherland will have to do so in order to defend this sacred land,” Maduro told supporters outside the presidential palace.

Caracas came under pressure on Tuesday when the regional body called for an emergency meeting aimed at evaluating whether Venezuela has suffered an “unconstitutional alteration of the constitutional regime that seriously impairs the democratic order.”

The meeting was called upon a request by the Venezuelan opposition. The move could lead to Venezuela’s suspension from the OAS……More Here

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