Venezuela's Maduro says he won't attend UN annual meeting

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says he is skipping the United Nations' General Assembly meeting later this month in New York. Maduro told a cheering crowd of young socialist party members Thursday that his vice president and foreign minister will go in his place. The meeting comes near the end of a tumultuous year for Venezuela that has seen Maduro's power tested.

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