Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a news conference at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela December 12, 2018. REUTERS/Marco Bello
The Guardian: Nicolás Maduro accuses White House of direct role in assassination attempt
Venezuelan president also claimed ‘ultra-right locos’ within Brazil’s incoming government were plotting to invade his country
Venezuela’s embattled president Nicolás Maduro has accused the White House of playing a direct role in an attempt to assassinate him and claimed “ultra-right locos” within Brazil’s incoming government were plotting to invade his country.
At a press conference in the presidential Miraflores palace in Caracas, Maduro said he had “no doubt” that the US government had ordered and authorized the botched strike against him last August with explosive-laden droves.
Maduro claimed the US hoped to install a rightwing dictatorship in Venezuela and accused the US media of waging an “incessant” media campaign against his government in order to justify a foreign military intervention in Venezuela.
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WNU Editor: If I was President Maduro I would be more worried about my fellow Venezuelans than the U.S. on those who want to kill me.
