Venezuela Slams Zimbabwe Coup, Calls for ‘Respect’ of Democrac

Venezuela, whose critics have long pointed to Zimbabwe’s experience with hyperinflation as the bolivar collapsed, had tough words after the African country’s military seized power and detained 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe. “Venezuela energetically condemns the rupture of the constitutional order in the Republic of Zimbabwe by a sector of the military,” the country said in a statement tweeted by Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza. “The government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela calls for the immediate restoration of the democratic institution and the respect for the Constitution.” More…