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US tells three Venezuelan diplomats to go in tit-for-tat expulsions
Source: Reuters
US tells three Venezuelan diplomats to go in tit-for-tat expulsions
Reuters
theguardian.com, Tuesday 25 February 2014 18.51 GMT
The US has ordered three Venezuelan diplomats to leave in reprisal for President Nicolás Maduro's expulsion of three US embassy staff accused of fomenting unrest that has killed at least 13 people.
The US state department said in a statement on Tuesday that two first secretaries and a second secretary at the Venezuelan embassy in Washington had been declared personae non gratae in response to Caracas's action, on 17 February.
"They have been allowed 48 hours to leave the United States," it said.
Venezuela and the US have been without ambassadors since 2008; Maduro expelled the three last week after accusations that they had recruited students to protest against him.
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Reuters
theguardian.com, Tuesday 25 February 2014 18.51 GMT
The US has ordered three Venezuelan diplomats to leave in reprisal for President Nicolás Maduro's expulsion of three US embassy staff accused of fomenting unrest that has killed at least 13 people.
The US state department said in a statement on Tuesday that two first secretaries and a second secretary at the Venezuelan embassy in Washington had been declared personae non gratae in response to Caracas's action, on 17 February.
"They have been allowed 48 hours to leave the United States," it said.
Venezuela and the US have been without ambassadors since 2008; Maduro expelled the three last week after accusations that they had recruited students to protest against him.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/25/us-three-venezuelan-diplomats-expulsions