Pence accuses China of providing a "lifeline" to Maduro with his credits
The vice president of the United States, Mike Pence, will accuse China today of providing a "lifeline" to the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, with the credits granted to the Caribbean country in exchange for crude oil, while warning Latin America of the terms "opaque" loans granted by Beijing to the continent.
"Beijing has provided a lifeline to the corrupt and incompetent Maduro regime in Venezuela, promising $ 5 billion in questionable loans that can be paid for with crude oil," Pence said today in a speech on China at the Hudson Institute, of his speech advanced to Efe.
Pence will also regret that the Chinese Communist Party has "convinced three Latin American countries" (in reference to Panama, the Dominican Republic and El Salvador) to "break ties with Taipei and recognize Beijing," a measure that "threatens the stability of the Strait of Taiwan, and that the United States condemns. "
