Venezuela leader names minister accused of drug crimes by U.S.

Reuters

2 August 2016 at 8:55 pm

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday named Nestor Reverol, a military general accused of drug crimes by the United States, as his new interior minister and removed his top economic official Miguel Perez from cabinet. "I offer all my personal support, and as head of state, to him, and his family, after he has been attacked by the U.S. empire," Maduro said of Reverol, announcing a reshuffle of his top team during his weekly radio program. (Reporting by Andrew Cawthorne; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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