Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on
Sunday slammed his Spanish counterpart Mariano Rajoy for trying to halt a
banned independence referendum in Catalonia, saying the conservative leader was
a hypocrite for supporting Venezuela’s opposition while cracking down on
dissent at home. Spain has been a vocal critic of leftist Maduro, accusing him
of undermining Venezuela’s democracy and plunging the country’s 30 million
people into suffering due to food and medicine shortages. Maduro seized on the
images of Spanish riot police bursting into polling stations across Catalonia
on Sunday, confiscating ballot boxes and voting papers, as evidence that it is
Rajoy who lacks democratic credentials. More… 
Monday, October 2, 2017
Venezuela blasts Spain's Rajoy over 'repression' in Catalonia
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on
Sunday slammed his Spanish counterpart Mariano Rajoy for trying to halt a
banned independence referendum in Catalonia, saying the conservative leader was
a hypocrite for supporting Venezuela’s opposition while cracking down on
dissent at home. Spain has been a vocal critic of leftist Maduro, accusing him
of undermining Venezuela’s democracy and plunging the country’s 30 million
people into suffering due to food and medicine shortages. Maduro seized on the
images of Spanish riot police bursting into polling stations across Catalonia
on Sunday, confiscating ballot boxes and voting papers, as evidence that it is
Rajoy who lacks democratic credentials. More… 
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