Senator Bernie Sanders said that the US government should avoid getting involved in efforts to mount a coup or support regime change in Venezuela. “The United States should support the rule of law, fair elections and self-determination for the Venezuelan people,” Sanders said in a press release on Thursday. “However, ...
The US State Department ordered nonessential personnel to leave Venezuela, but is not closing its embassy in Caracas, the department said Thursday as the Latin American country’s military threw its weight behind President Nicolas Maudro. On Wednesday, Maduro said he was ending diplomatic relations with the United States in response ...