Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Sunday that the United States has orchestrated a coup to remove him as the nation’s leader.
Jan. 27 (UPI) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Sunday that the United States has orchestrated a coup to remove him as the nation’s leader.
Maduro told CNN Turk that Venezuela is “the victim of a U. S. conspiracy,” in reference to reports that U. S. Vice President Mike Pence promised the head of the opposition-led National Assembly Juan Guaido full American support before he declared himself the country’s interim president.
He added he has contacted U. S. President Donald Trump multiple times, but hasn’t received a response.
“I think he’s overwhelmed with his domestic problem and, I believe, I think he despises us. He despises all of America and the Caribbean. I think he despises the world,” Maduro said of Trump. “This is the reason for the coup. They don’t want us to get better. They sabotage us and try to destroy the economic system.”
Maduro also accused Guaido, who he called one of the United States’ “political puppets,” of violating “the constitution and all laws,” by declaring himself the president and said the matter should be settled by the courts.
