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Lima Group to Consider New Measures Targeting Venezuela

© REUTERS / Marco BelloWith an image of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez behind him a Venezuelan citizen casts his vote at a polling station during the presidential election in Caracas, Venezuela, May 20, 2018
With an image of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez behind him a Venezuelan citizen casts his vote at a polling station during the presidential election in Caracas, Venezuela, May 20, 2018 - Sputnik International
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BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) - Lima Group countries will consider additional diplomatic measures targeting Venezuela following the presidential election held in the country on Sunday, Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie said.

"We have agreed within Lima Group… to consider additional diplomatic measures, apart from the ones that have already been agreed," Faurie said Monday.

The Argentine foreign minister noted that the actions of Lima Group, a union of states established specifically to address the crisis in Venezuela, has helped to "avoid international legitimization of the government of [Venezuelan President Nicolas] Maduro."

"The worsening of the real situation in Venezuela underscores the need for the countries that share these views on the absence of democracy in Venezuela to continue this [policy] to be able to replace Maduro's government," the minister said.

Venezuela's Constituent Assembly poses for an official photo after being sworn in, at Venezuela's National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is heading toward a showdown with his political foes, after seating a loyalist assembly that will rewrite the country's constitution and hold powers that override all other government branches. - Sputnik International
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The Lima Group will soon tackle the migration from Venezuela as well as health issues, according to Faurie.

"Disease is starting to spread across the continent because the Venezuelans have no pharmaceutical drugs and no food," the minister said.

Earlier on Monday, Lima Group countries refused to recognize the legitimacy of the election held on Sunday, as Maduro was re-elected. Moreover, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Saint Lucia have agreed to scale back their diplomatic relations with Venezuela.

Venezuela has experienced multiple protests as it has been struggling with difficult economic conditions.

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