The two rival Palestinian factions have failed to heal their political disputes since Hamas fighters expelled Fatah from Gaza in a short war in 2007
Greece recognizes Venezuela's Guaido, in line with EU
Greece will follow the European Union’s line and recognize Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday, in an about-face after the new conservative government took power.
Published : 12 July 2019, 11:16 AM
Updated : 12 July 2019, 11:16 AM
“The government of the Hellenic Republic warmly supports the EU’s efforts ... aimed at reaching a peaceful, democratic solution to the crisis for the benefit of the Venezuelan people,” the ministry said.
Greece’s previous leftist-led government had refrained from recognizing Guaido, who in January proclaimed a rival presidency in Venezuela until a new election could be held, in a challenge to president Nicolas Maduro.
Maduro, who took office in 2013 after the death of his mentor Hugo Chavez, has overseen an economic collapse that has left swathes of once-wealthy Venezuela without reliable access to power, water, food and medicines.
Most Western nations have said Maduro’s reelection last year was rigged.
RELATED STORIES
The action followed clashes between demonstrators and police on U.S. campuses and a blockade at Paris's Sciences Po university
The facility did not have a license to operate as a guesthouse, nor did they have a fire-fighting plan
The university has also cancelled the valedictorian speech by a Muslim student who said she was silenced by anti-Palestinian hatred
