US slams Venezuela at UN meeting boycotted by Russia, China

US Ambassador Nikki Haley on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) slammed Venezuela as an “increasingly violent narco-state” that poses a threat to world security at a UN meeting boycotted by Russia and China. Haley said the informal Security Council meeting was to draw international attention to the political and economic crisis in Venezuela, which is teetering on the brink of default. But key Security Council members Russia and China refused to attend as did Bolivia, a non-permanent council member close to President Nicolas Maduro’s government, and Egypt. More…