Venezuela has closed out its hosting of the latest summit of the Cold War-era Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) bloc under heavy criticism.
The majority of Venezuelans voted for the opposition in the December 6, 2015 parliamentary elections, thus giving it full control of the National Assembly.
Around 30 protesters were arrested, including the Chilean-Venezuelan editor of the online newspaper Reporte Confidencial Braulio Jatar, which posted video footage of the incident online.
Just 15 heads of state from the 120-member bloc bothered to attend the summit, held on the Caribbean island of Isla Margarita, 30 kilometers off Venezuela’s northeast coast, to mark the country’s takeover of the movement’s rotating presidency.
A visit by Maduro to Margarita Island two weeks ago was marred by noisy protestsBut the state of siege on an island, dubbed the Pearl of the Caribbean, was not limited to the NAM summit.
Fuente: http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/09/19/inenglish/1474287044_430254.html
