Venezuela Ends Rapprochement with US
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Venezuela said it has ended its rapprochement with the United States on Friday following a statement that the nominee of the new US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power had released earlier.
On Wednesday, Power said that if she was assigned to the post, she would stand up to allegedly repressive regimes and challenge the supposed "crackdown on civil society being carried out in countries like Cuba, Iran, Russia, and Venezuela."
"The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela hereby ends the process ... of finally normalizing our diplomatic relations," the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry mentioned in a statement.
President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday said that Power's statement was outrageous and demanded an immediate rectification from Washington. However, the US State Department instead defended Power on Friday.
Source: News Agencies, edited by website team
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