TORONTO (Sputnik) – Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said that Canadian interference in Venezuelan affairs commenced following the election of US President Donald Trump and was spearheaded by then-Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland.
The foreign minister added that his country and Canada enjoyed cordial relations prior to Trump’s election.
The United States, he added, continues to use Canada to promote its policy interests through the so-called ‘Lima Group’ initiative.
Venezuelan-Canadian relations sunk to new lows, after Juan Guaido, the head of the opposition-controlled National Assembly, proclaimed himself an interim president of Venezuela in a bid to oust re-elected President Nicolas Maduro from power.
In addition to the Trump administration, only about 50 other countries – Canada included – have recognized Guaido as Venezuela’s president.
Maduro has said Guaido is a US puppet working with Washington to orchestrate a coup so that the United States can control Venezuela’s natural resources.
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