Lima Group agrees to push for ‘peaceful transition’ in Venezuela, ‘without use of force’

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland announced that Venezuela, under the leadership of the country's self-declared interim president, would be joining the Lima Group as a 'full-fledged member.'

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured on Feb. 4, 2019, with her Peruvian counterpart, Néstor Popolizio, at the opening of the Lima Group meeting in Ottawa. The 14-nation bloc convened to discuss the situation in Venezuela. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

February 5, 2019

Canada is “absolutely not considering a military intervention” to force the embattled Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro, out of office, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland told reporters at the conclusion of a ministerial summit on Monday. Ottawa does not appear to be on its own in ru...

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