WASHINGTON
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The United States
is increasingly concerned about the potential for an economic and
political meltdown in Venezuela, spurred by fears of a debt default,
growing street protests and deterioration of its oil sector, U.S.
intelligence officials said on Friday. In
a bleak assessment of Venezuela's worsening crisis, the senior
officials expressed doubt that unpopular leftist President Nicolas
Maduro would allow a recall referendum this year, despite opposition-led
protests demanding a vote to decide whether he stays in office.
But the two officials, briefing a small group of reporters in Washington, predicted that Maduro, who heads Latin America’s most ardently anti-U.S. government and a major U.S. oil supplier, was not likely to be able to complete his term, which is due to end after elections in late 2018.
But the two officials, briefing a small group of reporters in Washington, predicted that Maduro, who heads Latin America’s most ardently anti-U.S. government and a major U.S. oil supplier, was not likely to be able to complete his term, which is due to end after elections in late 2018.
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