BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The United States should seriously reconsider its diplomatic stand-off with Venezuela, now extended to its reservations over the recent presidential poll that resulted in a very close victory – less than two per cent – for Nicolas Maduro, successor to the late president Hugo Chavez.
As it is, the Barack Obama administration’s decision not to have a representative at last Friday’s inauguration of President Maduro has placed the US in the same category as the official opposition party of the defeated Henrique Capriles in questioning the validity of the declared results.
In sharp contrast was the overwhelming response by all 33 member nations of the Community of Latin America and Caribbean States (CELAC) as well as various delegations from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
