By Jorge Calvillo (staff@latinospost.com) | First Posted: Apr 15, 2014 01:07 AM EDT

Tensions between the governments of Nicolás Maduro and Barack Obama continue after the Venezuelan President dismissed the warnings from American officials on the possibility of adopting measures against his country, calling them "ridiculous" for attempting to sanction Venezuela.

"There is a very evil plan, the United States shouldn't carry it out, shouldn't meddle with Venezuela's internal affairs, threatening us with sanctions," he said. "Feels right to call them: ridiculous! That they're going to try to sanction us," added the President during the "Peace Dialogues" developing between Maduro and opposition leaders.

Maduro accused Obama's government of contacting Latin American governments to have them speculate a collapse in the Venezuelan economy as a way to remove regional support for his government as a response to the repressive acts against opposition protesters.

"The U.S. government has directly and publicly declared and told (Latin American) governments that Venezuela is going to explode and collapse economically," he said.

United States Rejects Entry to Venezuelan Ambassador

The U.S. government said, through the Department of State, that for the moment it will not study Maduro's proposal to reestablish an Ambassador in Washington, by considering that this would "distract" attention from the current problems in Venezuela.

"We believe that action must be taken in Venezuela, where Venezuelans must dialogue with each other," said Roberta Jacobson, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs. "And we're doing everything we can to facilitate it, without being distracted with accusations against us or this becoming something about the US and our bilateral relationship," added Jacobson, reported El Universal.

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