Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza has criticized the Lima Group countries, accusing them of law violations, in light of his Peruvian counterpart’s suggestion that the Lima Group should sever diplomatic relations with Caracas.
“The Lima cartel: some governments have relation to drug trafficking or illegal armed gangs, other governments are so corrupt that their former presidents are imprisoned, many presidents [of the Lima Group countries] are under investigation,” Arreaza wrote on his Twitter blog.
Earlier in the week, Peruvian Foreign Minister Nestor Popolizio said he planned to suggest that Lima Group countries cut off their diplomatic ties with Venezuela. According to the Peruvian top diplomat, the steps aimed at ending the “dictatorship” Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will be discussed by the Lima Group at a meeting on December 19.