Diplomats stage walk-out during Venezuelan address at UN conference

Dozens of officials from Latin America, as well as the US, Canada and some European countries, including France, left the room in protest as Arreaza took the podium for the meeting of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna.

“The members of the Venezuela delegation here today represent the illegitimate government of (Venezuela’s President) Nicolas Maduro, and thus cannot be considered as speaking on behalf of the Venezuelan people,” a spokesperson of the US Mission to International Organizations said in a statement after the walk-out.

Arreaza said in his speech in Vienna Thursday that the drug epidemic could only be combatted multilaterally, adding that US “unilateral economic steps” have cost the country billions, diverting funds from the fight against drugs.

https://www.france24.com/en/20190314-venezuela-diplomats-walk-out-protest-un-maduro

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That last comment is a hoot. To be fair though, they shouldn't have walked out. If anyone knows about the trafficking of narcotics, it's Venezuela's high command. The could have learned some shit from Jorge.