Venezuela president says flights to bring home migrants from US 'affected'

(Reuters) -Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said connected Saturday that scheduled flights to bring location Venezuelan migrants from the U.S. had been affected by "this unexplained, tremendous commotion", aft the Trump medication canceled a licence allowing Chevron to run successful the South American country.

Earlier successful his remarks Maduro said that if it was up to him Chevron would stay successful Venezuela, referring to U.S. President Donald Trump's determination past week to reverse a cardinal licence for the company, citing deficiency of advancement connected electoral reforms and migrant returns.

Maduro, however, did not notation the company's sanction straight successful notation to the migrant flights. He said that connection betwixt the 2 countries had been damaged and flights affected.

Maduro and his authorities person ever rejected sanctions by the U.S. and others, saying they are illegitimate measures that magnitude to an "economic war" designed to cripple Venezuela.

Maduro and his allies person cheered what they accidental is the country’s resilience contempt the measures, though they person historically blamed immoderate economical hardships and shortages connected sanctions.

(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Marguerita Choy)