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Canada plans to convene Lima Group meeting on Venezuela’s future: sources

Jan 24, 2019 | 2:19 PM

OTTAWA — Canada is planning to host a meeting of countries from the Americas determined to steer troubled Venezuela back on a path to democracy.

Sources tell The Canadian Press the gathering of the Lima Group of nations is likely to take place in Canada within the next month.

Word of the plan comes a day after the group expressed full support for Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido.

Guaido declared himself interim president just two weeks after Nicolas Maduro was sworn in for a contested second term.

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Canada has accused Maduro of seizing power through fraudulent, anti-democratic elections in May of last year.

Global Affairs Canada is advising people to avoid non-essential travel to Venezuela due to the high level of violent crime, the unstable political and economic situations, and shortages of medication, food and water.

The Canadian Press