Venezuela accuses U.S. of distorting human rights issues

CARACAS, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- The United States has distorted the issue of human rights in Venezuela for its own political ends, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil said Friday.

"Through distorted narratives, the U.S. aims to make political use of human rights to excuse the acts of political violence that it has encouraged against Venezuela in recent years," Gil said on Twitter.

"The Venezuelan people ove