Push by U.S. change regime in Venezuela, mistake

US support for regime change in Venezuela is a mistake
theguardian.com reported that the US push to topple the Venezuelan government of Nicolas Maduro once again pits Washington against South America
When is it considered legitimate to try and overthrow a democratically-elected government? In Washington, the answer has always been simple: when the US government says it is. Not surprisingly, that’s not the way Latin American governments generally see it.

On Sunday, the Mercosur governments (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Venezuela) released a statement on the past week’s demonstrations in Venezuela. They described “the recent violent acts” in Venezuela as “attempts to destabilize the democratic order”. They made it abundantly clear where they stood. Read Article