Top US diplomat meets with Venezuela's president amid crisis
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CARACAS- A senior US diplomat met with Venezuela's socialist president Wednesday, apparently hoping to prevent a humanitarian disaster and ease a political crisis in this deeply polarized nation.
Although he is one of the world's most vociferous critics of the United States, President Nicolas Maduro was all smiles as he posed for photos at the presidential palace with Thomas Shannon, the US undersecretary of state for political affairs.
Maduro gave a less than conciliatory televised address in which he accused US President Barack Obama of trying to interfere in Venezuela's internal affairs.
