TEHRAN, May 16 - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday dismissed the threat of new sanctions following an early election called for Sunday.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - "These are unacceptable threats toward any sovereign nation," Maduro said in an interview with France 24 television. "Venezuela is a democratic country."
If EU leaders add to sanctions they first imposed last November, "We'll continue to work, continue to live: Their sanctions don't concern me, because these leaders have a superiority complex, they still think they control their former colonies," Maduro said.
US officials are also expected to tighten the screws on Venezuela, but Maduro reiterated his claim that US President Donald Trump is bent on ousting his government, AFP reported.
Maduro also contested claims of rampant inflation as the country's economy has collapsed amid falling oil prices, calling them lies from groups like the International Monetary Fund, which last month warned prices were likely to soar more than 13,800 percent this year.
"Keep in mind we have an empire against us... Of course we have economic problems, we are working on them and we will solve them bit by bit," he said.
But he said Venezuela would in June undergo an unspecified "monetary conversion to ensure the country's stability."
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