Venezuela expels top U.S. diplomat for fomenting 'sabotage'

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Venezuela expels top U.S. diplomat for fomenting 'sabotage'

By Brian Ellsworth and Eyanir Chinea
CARACAS | Mon Sep 30, 2013 6:51pm EDT

(Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Monday he was expelling the top U.S. diplomat in the South American nation and two others, accusing them of meeting with opposition leaders and encouraging "acts of sabotage" against his country.

It was the latest of several public disputes between the socialist leader and the United States since Maduro won an April election following the death of his mentor and predecessor Hugo Chavez.

Maduro said Venezuelan authorities had for months followed the three U.S. diplomats, and that he had now given them 48 hours to leave the OPEC member country.

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He said Venezuela was expelling Kelly Keiderling, who as U.S. chargé d'affaires is the senior American diplomat in Venezuela because the United States has no ambassador to the country. According to a U.S. Embassy website, she has been assigned to Caracas since July 2011 as deputy chief of mission, and was temporarily serving as the charge d'affaires.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/30/us-venezuela-usa-idUSBRE98T12M20130930

[Demeter]

1. Take That, NSA, CIA, FBI, etc!

Two can play at that game....

[Socialistlemur]

2. They got upset because USA diplomats went to the provinces

They were three bureaucrats researching food shortages and labor problems first hand. There's a lack of information due to press censorship. The regime is extremely touchy, they are trying desperately to get into a fight with the USA so they can blame their problems on USA imperialism. It's a copy cat version of every fascist governments behavior, when things go sour they seek external conflict. Meanwhile the USA government is shut down by the maniacs running the GOP. I think Obama is going to be more worried about the chess moves to use GOP behavior as a means to steamroller them and will not even blink over Maduro's childish tantrums.

[Peace Patriot]

3. "There's a lack of information due to press censorship."

[ehcross]

4. Venezuela expels top U.S. diplomat for fomenting 'sabotage'

Venezuela sits on an ocean of oil. But it is a madhouse. starting with the president Nicolás Maduro, a former bus driver now president, not elected nonetheless.
The country is living its worst times, after years of mismanagement, an economy close to collapsing, and no improvement in sight.
There is widespread looting of supermarkets, stores, and businesses are living their worst times.

President Nicolás Maduro, installed by former leader Hugo Chávez, has no chance of contributing to the government's task.
The country's best customer of Venezuelan oil is the U.S. and just yesterday President Maduro expelled three American members of the U.S. embassy staff, accused of "fomenting sabotage".