Former Mexican President Vicente Fox Banned from Venezuela for Life Marilia Brocchetto and Hilary Clarke - CNN
go to original July 17, 2017

Fox greets voters at a Caracas polling station during the referendum Sunday (CNN)

Update: Former President of Mexico Vicente Fox Calls Senior Chavista Cabello a “Murderer” (PanAm Post)

Venezuelan authorities have declared former Mexican President Vicente Fox a "persona non grata" and banned him from ever returning to the country.

Fox was in Venezuela, along with other former Latin American presidents, to act as an observer in Sunday's non-binding referendum called by the opposition on government plans to reform the constitution.

In a series of tweets, the Venezuelan foreign minister, Samuel Moncada, says Fox abused the goodwill of the Venezuelan people and came to the country to "promote violence and the intervention by foreign world powers."

"As a preventative measure to protect our people, Señor Fox will never again be able to come back to Venezuela," Moncada wrote.

Nearly 7.2 million people took part in the unofficial vote, with the overwhelming majority coming out against Maduro's plan.

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