Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Department of Latin America Aleksander Shchetinin said on Wednesday that the United States' attempt to rapidly oust the government of President Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela failed
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 27th November, 2019) Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Department of Latin America Aleksander Shchetinin said on Wednesday that the United States' attempt to rapidly oust the government of President Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela failed."In the last several years, two years definitely, our American partners have had a very strong interest to somehow ... reform it [Latin America], make it more manageable ... The [US] sanctions failed, then the blitzkrieg failed against the Maduro government in Venezuela," Shchetinin�said during an expert discussion, titled "The Burning Continent: Crises and Protests in Latin America," within the Valdai Discussion Club.
In January, the inauguration of reelected Maduro triggered mass protests in Venezuela. Juan Guaido, the head of the opposition-controlled National Assembly, illegally declared himself interim president. A number of Western countries led by the US recognized Guaido, while Russia, China, Turkey and a number of other states firmly backed Maduro.
