Venezuela defends rights record, rejects ‘baseless’ UN report

‘Venezuela has denounced as “baseless” reports by the United Nations on the country’s human rights violations, saying the issue is being used as “a political weapon.”
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza, who was speaking at the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday, said the UN reports were “riddled with lies.”
“The strategy used against my country from certain centers of power is a clear example of the use of human rights as a political weapon,” Arreaza told the council.
Venezuela’s foreign minister added that the recent reports by the UN rights office “have no methodological rigor, they are baseless and they are trying to upset our sovereignty, peace and stability.”‘
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