Venezuela said it was ending efforts to improve ties with Washington after the Obama administration's nominee for envoy to the United Nations vowed to oppose what she called a crackdown on civil society in the "repressive" OPEC nation.
In an echo of the many bust-ups between the two countries during the late Hugo Chavez's 14-year rule, President Nicolas Maduro has demanded an apology and said the United States had no moral right to criticize his government.
The foreign ministry said Samantha Power's remarks had contradicted "in tone and content" what it said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told his Venezuelan counterpart, Elias Jaua, at a rare meeting just last month.
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"By contrast, the whole world is constantly expressing its concern over repressive practices carried out by the United States," the ministry said.
"They include the violation of human rights at the illegal prison in Guantanamo, the killing of civilians by drones, and the lamentable persecution unleashed against Edward Snowden."
It said the 30-year-old former National Security Agency contractor was subjected to "the most fierce repression" for exercising his right to denounce U.S. practices "that violate, among others, the right to privacy of all the world's people." Full story...
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In an echo of the many bust-ups between the two countries during the late Hugo Chavez's 14-year rule, President Nicolas Maduro has demanded an apology and said the United States had no moral right to criticize his government.
The foreign ministry said Samantha Power's remarks had contradicted "in tone and content" what it said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told his Venezuelan counterpart, Elias Jaua, at a rare meeting just last month.
(...)
"By contrast, the whole world is constantly expressing its concern over repressive practices carried out by the United States," the ministry said.
"They include the violation of human rights at the illegal prison in Guantanamo, the killing of civilians by drones, and the lamentable persecution unleashed against Edward Snowden."
It said the 30-year-old former National Security Agency contractor was subjected to "the most fierce repression" for exercising his right to denounce U.S. practices "that violate, among others, the right to privacy of all the world's people." Full story...
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