EU condemns Venezuela’s “excessive use of force” against protests around Sunday vote
The European Union on Monday condemned “the excessive and disproportionate use of force by security forces” in Venezuela, where authorities said 10 people had been killed in clashes between anti-Maduro protesters and law enforcement.
Sunday marked one of the deadliest days since massive protests started in early April in Venezuela, where voters broadly boycotted an election for a constitutional super-body sought by the unpopular President Nicolas Maduro.
“Venezuela has democratically elected and legitimate institutions whose role is to work together and to find a negotiated solution to the current crisis. A Constituent Assembly, elected under doubtful and often violent circumstances cannot be part of the solution,” the bloc’s foreign policy service said in a statement.
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It did not mention whether the EU was considering imposing more sanctions on Venezuela, as mulled by the United States.
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