VENEZUELA has blasted a European Union promise of humanitarian aid as “a fraudulent spectacle,” warning of a change in tack after another coup attempt was foiled at the beginning of the month.

The country has accused the neoliberal economic bloc of subordination to “the regime change policy” of the United States.

Foreign Affairs spokesman Jorge Arreaza accused the EU and US of using the return of migrants to Venezuela and the issue of humanitarian aid to generate “pseudo news” to undermine the credibility of the Bolivarian government and “hide the failure of the mercenary incursion on May 3.”