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Venezuelan president rejects accusations by his Chilean, Ecuadorian counterparts

Tuesday, 22 October 2019 7:38 AM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 22 October 2019 7:38 AM ]

Jesus Silva

Press TV, Caracas

Following days of massive street protests in Chile and Ecuador sparked by controversial economic policies that hit the needy people, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro strongly rejected accusations by his counterparts from the two South American countries saying he was waging the protests.

Maduro stressed that the real cause of Chile's and Ecuador's ongoing crises were in fact inequality, repression and wild capitalism by the US-backed governments of Sebastian Pinera and Lenin Moreno.

Maduro went on to say he politically backs people's protests in the two nations as they represent their rightful reactions against the governments of Pinera and Moreno. Members of Maduro's cabinet have also backed his stance. But opposition members think otherwise.

Although a rampant economic crisis continues to rock the lives of the Venezuelans, experts believe Maduro's leadership has turned Venezuela into a more stable country, at least in political terms, than Chile and Ecuador these days.

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