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Venezuela expels top US diplomat
Hours after the United States of America slammed a fresh round of new sanctions on Venezuela over the re-election of President Nicholas Maduro, the feisty leader has retaliated by expelling a top US diplomat.
The move was announced by Maduro in a televised speech moments after he was officially declared as the winner of Sunday’s election.
“The empire doesn’t dominate us here,” Maduro said, giving charge d’affaires Todd Robinson and his deputy Brian Naranjo 48 hours to leave the country. “We’ve had enough of your conspiring.”
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Maduro’s re-election is already causing negative ripples in the Americas as a group of Latin leaders have decided to recall their envoys from the oil rich country.
Reports say 14 members of the Lina Group have revealed that they will recall their envoys to protest against what it said was Venezuela’s failure to hold a “free and fair” election.
The group in a statement said the members’ diplomats in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, would return to their respective countries for consultations.
The group consists of Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Saint Lucia.
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