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Daniel Wallis: Enrique Andres Pretel Maduro

Enrique Andres Pretel Maduro: CARACAS - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro demanded the United States apologize on Thursday after the Obama administration's nominee for envoy to the United Nations said there was a crackdown on civil society in the South American country. , according to Reuters. "I want an immediate correction by the U.S. government," Maduro said in comments broadcast live on state television. By Daniel Wallis and Enrique Andres Pretel Maduro has often clashed with Washington since winning an April election following the death of his mentor, socialist leader Hugo Chavez. He said Samantha Power's comments to a Senate confirmation hearing had been aggressive and unfair. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.