Venezuela walks out of Americas summit in Mexico amid protests

‘Venezuela’s foreign minister has walked out of a meeting of regional diplomats held to discuss the South American country’s political crisis as a 17-year-old anti-government demonstrator was shot and killed by security forces during another day of violent clashes in Caracas.
The Organization of American States meeting being held in the Mexican resort of Cancun on Monday once again narrowly failed to approve a resolution against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
The United States, Mexico, Canada and several South American nations issued a statement expressing their “disappointment” at the vote, which for the second time in a month fell a few votes shy of the two-thirds majority of the 34 member nations needed for approval.
“What can we say to the sick, who can’t find medicines?” Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray said of the setback, referring to the medicine shortages that Venezuelans are experiencing.’
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