VENEZUELA GIVES ALL US DIPLOMATS 72 HOURS TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY
VENEZUELA GIVES ALL US DIPLOMATS 72 HOURS TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY
Nicolás Maduro Venezuelan President said
his government was breaking relations with the United States and gave
diplomatic personnel 72 hours to leave the country after President Donald
Trump on Wednesday backed the country's opposition leader, Juan
Guaidó, as interim president.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hours
later however later, issued a statement saying the U.S. does not recognize the
Maduro regime as the country's government. "Accordingly the United
States does not consider former president Nicolas Maduro to have the legal
authority to break diplomatic relations with the United States or to declare
our diplomats persona non grata."
The leader of the opposition-controlled National
Assembly Guaidó, 35, had earlier declared himself interim president as hundreds
of thousands marched in Caracas demanding an end to Maduro's government.
President Trump In a statement said: "In its role as the only legitimate branch of
government duly elected by the Venezuelan people, the National Assembly invoked
the country’s constitution to declare Nicolás Maduro illegitimate, and the
office of the presidency therefore vacant. The people of Venezuela have
courageously spoken out against Maduro and his regime and demanded freedom and
the rule of law".
Most countries in Latin America, as well as
Canada, recognized Guaidó as interim president after he took the oath before
his supporters. Leftist allies, Cuba and Bolivia, were the only two in the
region that voiced support for Maduro. Mexico's new leftist president Andres
Manuel Lopez Obrador said he would not take sides and said support for Guaidó
is a violation of sovereignty.
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