'You want war?' Venezuela spars with rivals at OAS meeting


  • World
  • Wednesday, 21 Jun 2017

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez looks on as she listens during the OAS 47th General Assembly in Cancun, Mexico June 20, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso

CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - Governments from across the Americas chastised Venezuela's socialist leadership on Tuesday for its handling of a political and economic crisis, prompting the OPEC nation's foreign minister to call the critics "lapdogs of imperialism."

The United States, Brazil and 10 other members of the 34-nation Organization of American States (OAS) issued a letter accusing Venezuela of undermining democracy, failing to feed its people and violating rights.

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