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| Venezuela crisis: Guaidó rejects talks with Maduro |
| 2019-01-26 |
| [BBC] Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó has rejected an offer of talks from President Nicolás Maduro amid an ongoing power struggle between the two. Mr Guaidó declared himself "acting president" on Wednesday, a position that has been recognised by several countries, including the US. But Mr Maduro called the move a "coup" influenced by the US and cut off diplomatic ties in response. A UN Security Council meeting on the crisis is due to be held on Saturday, Meanwhile, ...back at the abandoned silver mine, the water was up to Jack's neck and still rising. And then he smelled the smoke... US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has appointed a veteran former diplomat as his envoy to deal with the crisis in Venezuela. He said Elliott Abrams would be responsible for all US efforts to restore democracy in Venezuela. Mr Abrams is a prominent neo-conservative who has long argued for an activist foreign policy to spread American values around the world. He served as US Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs in the 1980s under President Ronald Reagan. |
| Posted by:Fred |