Friday, November 24, 2017

U.S. asks Venezuela for access to detained Citgo executives

Socialist Maduro has said that the United States, his ideological foe, had requested the men be freed, but he vowed on Wednesday they would be tried as “corrupt, thieving traitors” for allegedly seeking to personally profit from a financial deal that was detrimental to the nation. “The U.S. Embassy in Venezuela has asked that (Venezuelan) authorities grant consular access to all U.S. citizen detainees in Venezuela. We call on the (Venezuelan government) to do so immediately in accordance with the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations,” the State Department official said. More…


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