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Related: About this forumVenezuela cuts ties with Panama, calling country a 'lackey' for the United States
http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/05/world/americas/venezuela-panama-diplomatic-ties-suspended/CNN) -- Venezuela's President severed diplomatic relations with Panama Wednesday, accusing the Central American nation of being a "lackey" for the United States in a conspiracy plot against his government.
"There are maneuvers by the U.S. government plotting with a lackey government that has a right-wing president who is leaving in the next few months, who is not worthy of his people, who has been working actively against Venezuela," President Nicolas Maduro said in televised remarks.
He accused Panama of pushing for regional organizations to intervene in Venezuela. As a result, Maduro said he was cutting off diplomatic and political ties and freezing trade relations with Panama's current government "in defense of the homeland's sovereignty."
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In a statement late Wednesday, Panama's government denied Maduro's accusations and said it had tried to encourage action by the Organization of American States to help promote dialogue, democracy and human rights in Venezuela.
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Venezuela cuts ties with Panama, calling country a 'lackey' for the United States (Original Post)
Bacchus4.0
Mar 2014
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this isn't going to help with that Latin American unity thing we keep hearing
Bacchus4.0
Mar 2014
#2
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)1. Well, jjust add Panama to the ever-growing list
of "reasons" for Maduro's failure - CIA, RW, Colombia, Alvaro Uribe, OAS, Panama. Pretty soon he'll probably blame the Masons or VFW'ers for his problems.
Bacchus4.0
(6,837 posts)2. this isn't going to help with that Latin American unity thing we keep hearing
about.
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)3. Well, so long as you define 'Latin American unity'
as Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, Ecuador and Bolivia...