UN rights chief to visit Venezuela: statement

GENEVA: The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, will visit Venezuela this month, a highly-anticipated trip to a country suffering a devastating political and economic crisis, her office said Friday.

"During her visit to Caracas, the High Commissioner will meet President Nicolas Maduro," along with other politicians, civil society groups and "victims of human rights violations," the UN rights office said in a statement on the trip scheduled for June 19 to 21.