Venezuela Accuses U.S. of Plotting Coup Against Maduro

[TomSea]

Venezuela Accuses U.S. of Plotting Coup Against Maduro

Venezuela and one of its allies accused the United States on Saturday of plotting against its president, Nicolás Maduro, who has presided over a near collapse of the country.

Jorge Arreaza, Venezuela’s foreign minister, responded Saturday to an article by The New York Times detailing secret meetings between American officials and Venezuelan officers seeking to oust Mr. Maduro. “We denounce before the world the United States’ intervention plans and help to military conspirators against Venezuela,” he said on Twitter, adding that the article had “brought to light new and crude evidence” of such a plot.

Read more at: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/08/world/americas/venezuela-coup-plot-maduro.html