Venezuela quietly secures Latin America's backing in bid to win seat on UN Security Council
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}FILE - In this April 19, 2013 file photo, daughter of the late Hugo Chavez, Maria Gabriela Chavez and Venezuela's newly sworn-in President Nicolas Maduro, join in the singing of their national anthem in the National Assembly, in Caracas, Venezuela. In a July 23, 2014 closed-door meeting July at U.N. headquarters in New York, Venezuela quietly secured the backing of Latin America and the Caribbean to obtain a seat on the United Nations Security Council. Maria Gabriela Chavez is Venezuela’s alternate ambassador to the U.N. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File) (The Associated Press)
Venezuela's socialist government has quietly secured the backing of Latin America and the Caribbean for a diplomatic trophy that eluded the late Hugo Chavez: a seat on the United Nations Security Council.
Regional diplomats say the unanimous endorsement of Venezuela's candidacy to represent the region on the Security Council came at a closed-door meeting July 23 at U.N. headquarters in New York.
When Chavez last tried for a seat in 2006, the United States succeeded in torpedoing his campaign. This year, Washington has been mum.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}If it does win the seat, world leaders will almost certainly hear some fiery rhetoric from Chavez's favorite daughter, Maria Gabriela who is Venezuela's alternate ambassador to the U.N.