Argentina's Macri to report Venezuela to ICC over human rights


  • World
  • Monday, 20 Aug 2018

FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro holds a coin from the new Venezuelan currency Bolivar Soberano (Sovereign Bolivar), as he speaks during a meeting with ministers at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela August 17, 2018. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS

(Reuters) - Argentina's President Mauricio Macri plans to report Venezuela's government to the International Criminal Court at The Hague for alleged crimes against humanity, according to an interview broadcast on CNN's Spanish service on Sunday night.

Macri said he would seek to refer socialist President Nicolas Maduro's government "in the coming weeks", and that he had the backing of the presidents of Colombia, Chile and Paraguay.

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