U.S. to Call for UN Security Council Meeting on Venezuela

After a failed effort over the weekend to deliver humanitarian aid over the Colombian-Venezuelan border, the U.S. is renewing efforts to pressure the council to call for free elections in Venezuela. Diplomats from Russia -- which has backed Maduro’s government -- have crafted their own resolution expressing concern over threats of force and voicing support for Venezuela’s political independence.

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