Venezuela cuts ties with panama, calling country a ”lackey” for the United States

2014-03-06 Venezuela’s President severed diplomatic relations with Panama Wednesday, accusing the Central American nation of being a ”lackey” for the United States in a conspiracy plot against his government.

”There are maneuvers by the U.S. government plotting with a lackey government that has a right-wing president who is leaving in the next few months, who is not worthy of his people, who has been working actively against Venezuela,” President Nicolas Maduro said in televised remarks.

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