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Weekly Report - 13 September 2018 (WR-18-36)

VENEZUELA: Overt criticism, covert talks

“A perverse vision of a socialist paradise in Venezuela has transformed into a criminal narco-state that is robbing the Venezuelan people blind.” This unequivocal censure of the government led by President Nicolás Maduro came from the US ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Nikki Haley, during an informal meeting of the UN Security Council convened by the US government on 10 September to discuss the situation in Venezuela. The following day government strongman Diosdado Cabello warned Chavista supporters at a rally in Caracas to be prepared for “an imperialist foreign invasion”. This all came against the backdrop of the publication of an article in The New York Times on 8 September revealing that dissident members of Venezuela’s armed forces (FANB) had met US officials on no fewer than three occasions to seek backing for a coup.

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