EU slams Maduro's 'non-democratic' new term in Venezuela
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The EU on Thursday condemned Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's new term of office as based on «non-democratic elections» and warned it was ready to impose fresh sanctions if Caracas further undermined democracy or human rights. Firebrand sociaEU slams Maduro's 'non-democratic' new term in Venezuela
The EU on Thursday condemned Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's new term of office as based on «non-democratic elections» and warned it was ready to impose fresh sanctions if Caracas further undermined democracy or human rights. Firebrand socialist leader Maduro hit back demanding «respect» from Brussels, which has repeatedly criticised the election that returned him to power. The EU and its 28 member states shunned Maduro's inauguration to a new six-year mandate on Thursday, as did most Latin American countries. Speaking for the European Union, a statement by the bloc's diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini said the result of May's elections «lacked any credibility» and she condemned Maduro for ignoring international calls for new polls. «President Maduro is today starting a new mandate on the basis of non-democratic elections,» the statement said. «This only pushes further away the possibility of a constitutional negotiated solution while the political, economic and social situation in the country keeps getting worse and the impact of the crisis in the stability of the region is increasing.» Maduro, the handpicked successor of the late leftist strongman Hugo Chavez, responded... Read more