- Rodriguez hit out at the US over plans to mediate political and economic crisis
- US Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan proposed setting up ‘contact group’
- Rodriguez made comments to the Organization of American States
- Crisis in Venezuela has seen 74 killed in unrest since April amid calls for president to quit | By Afp and Dave Burke
The US has been told it will need to ‘send in the Marines’ if it’s going to get Venezuela to comply with a regional plan.
The crisis-hit country’s foreign minister goaded the United States by saying that this would be met by a ‘crushing response’.
Delcy Rodriguez hit out at plans to send in regional mediators following months of violent street clashes which have so far claimed 74 lives.
Delcy Rodriguez said the only way to impose the plans would be to send in the Marines – but they would be met with a ‘crushing response’
Rodriguez said at a meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Cancun, Mexico that the US was only interested in Venezuela so it could take advantage of oil reserves.
She said: ‘The “contact group” you’re proposing is completely useless and unnecessary.
‘The only way you could impose it would be to send in your Marines – who would meet with a crushing response from Venezuela if they dared make such a misstep.’
The outburst came after a proposal to mediate the crisis was made by US Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan.
Venezuelans have rallied against the government of Nicolas Maduro this week, the latest in protests which began in April and have claimed 74 lives
The US has put forward a plan to mediate the crisis in Venezuela, but the country has vowed not to respect any rulings
He responded to Rodriguez, who referred to him as ‘el jefe’, meaning ‘the boss’: ‘Distractions, distortions and irrelevancies.’
It came as foreign ministers failed to reach an agreement on how to respond to the crisis in Venezuela.
The government of Nicolas Maduro is facing calls to step down amid widespread food shortages and huge inflation.
Venezuela’s president, Nicolas Maduro, has resisted calls to quit amid a deepening economic crisis
US Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan (center) branded Rodriguez’s outburst ‘distractions, distortions and irrelevancies’
Venezuela is currently in the process of leaving the OAS and said it would not respect decisions reached.
A draft resolution backed by the US fell three votes shy of the 23 it needed to be adopted by the 34-nation group.
Sullivan is now pushing to take the matter up in the OAS General Assembly, which is also convening in Cancun this week, and where the vote threshold is lower – a simple majority of 18 votes.
Rodriguez also lashed out at other countries that supported the US-backed proposal.
She referred to Peru as a ‘lapdog of imperialism’ and called Costa Rica’s foreign minister a ‘political illiterate who knows nothing about Venezuela’.
Violent clashes between protesters and police have become a common sight across Venezuela in recent months
Violent clashes between protesters and police have become a common sight across Venezuela in recent months
Bron: Daily Mail
Zo Eric Lapdans opmerkelijk is dat je van toon bent veranderd van een pro Madurista naar anti Madurista. Ya no haces negocios con ellos?
Tu vas a caer Nicolas Maduro Mamaguevo.
De uithaal van een doorgeslagen dienaar van een ‘failed state’ naar de USA. Het is voor het Venezuelaanse volk te hopen dat de incapabele regering die daar nu de dienst uitmaakt op zo kort mogelijke termijn verdwijnt. Wellicht kunnen ze (de regering) nog onderdak vinden bij hun Cubaanse broeders.
Send in the Marines… but they will be met with a crushing response … Nou vind ik Maduro een schat maar dit zei Saddam Hoessein toendertijd ook in Irak . We weten allemaal hoe het is afgelopen.