Caracas slams French president over ‘interference’ in Venezuelan affairs

‘Venezuela has censured French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent remarks against the Latin American country’s leadership as “interference” in its internal affairs.
Macron said in a speech on Tuesday that President Nicolas Maduro had created a “dictatorship” in Venezuela.
His claim was one of the harshest condemnations yet of the country’s leadership by a European leader.
Venezuela’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Wednesday, expressing its “firm rejection” of Macron’s “deplorable comments.”
“They constitute clear interference in the internal affairs” of Venezuela, the ministry said. “They are an assault on Venezuela’s institutions and appear driven by the constant imperial obsession with attacking our people,” the statement added.’
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