Venezuela's Maduro cancels participation in regional meeting

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro decided Monday to cancel his trip to the summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Argentina, saying there are plans by “the neo-fascist right” to disrupt his visit.
In explaining his decision, Maduro said there are "extravagant plans” underway “designed by right-wing extremists" to attack him.

"In the last few hours, we have been informed, in an irrefutable manner, of a plan drawn up within the neo-fascist right wing, whose objective is to carry out a series of aggressions against our delegation," the Venezuelan government said in a statement.