US rejects allegation of being behind Venezuela coup
(VOVworld) – The United States has rejected allegations that its envoy aided coup plots against the Venezuelan government. State Department spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki said at a daily news briefing on Thursday that the allegations were absolutely false and baseless, in response to accusations that the US Ambassador to Colombia, Kevin Whitaker, had supported Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado to incite violence to topple the Venezuelan government.
US State Department spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki. Photo: internet
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Jorge Rodriguez, mayor of Venezuela's capital city of Caracas, told reporters on Wednesday that the authorities had uncovered a plot by opposition leaders, international financiers and officials backed by the U.S. State Department to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro and take over the country.