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Caracas hits back at ‘absurd’ sanctions
Socialist state lambasts lack of EU democracy

VENEZUELA has slammed “absurd” European Union sanctions and US-led meddling at the UN security council on Monday.

Yesterday’s government statement condemned the “illegal, absurd and ineffective sanctions against the people of Venezuela.”

EU foreign ministers voted on Monday to ban arms sales to Venezuela — with the threat of individual sanctions on officials to follow — over unsubstantiated opposition allegations of vote-rigging in last month’s state governorship elections.

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