Venezuela to deliver 10 mln-strong petition to U.S. president
Venezuela to deliver 10 mln-strong petition to U.S. president
English.news.cn 2015-04-12 04:54:01
PANAMA CITY, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela will present U.S. President Barack Obama with more than 10 million signatures calling on him to revoke a decree against Venezuela, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Saturday at a regional summit in Panama City, Panama.
In a speech delivered at the seventh Summit of the Americas, a gathering of heads of state and representatives from 35 nations in the Western Hemisphere, Maduro said the signed petition will be delivered via diplomatic channels.
"I also represent 30 million Venezuelans who want the decree revoked. It is an irrational decree, a disproportionate decree," he said, referring to a March 9 executive order that declares the South American country "an unusual and extraordinary threat" to national security.
Washington has since been trying to downplay the aggressive terminology, calling it standard for declarations of this type, but Maduro rejected those assertions, saying "the decree is very dangerous."
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