{"id":43838,"date":"2018-05-23T15:11:04","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T09:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=43838"},"modified":"2018-05-23T15:16:25","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T09:46:25","slug":"venezuela-throws-us-diplomats-conspiracies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/world-news\/venezuela-throws-us-diplomats-conspiracies\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela throws out US diplomats for \u201cconspiracies\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

US denies recognition Maduro\u2019s re-election as President, 14 countries recall envoys from Caracas<\/em><\/p>\n

The diplomatic row over re-election of Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro<\/a> has been spreading like a wildfire in South America. Maduro\u2019s government has ordered two US diplomatic representatives to leave the country in response to Washington’s latest round of sanctions imposed over recent election results.<\/p>\n

US, Canada and several Latin American have denied approving Maduro\u2019s re-election and recalled their envoys from Caracas. Reports say that 14 members of Lina Group have revealed that they will recall their envoys to protest against what it said was the country\u2019s failure to hold a \u201cfree and fair\u201d election.<\/p>\n

The group consisting of Brizil, Argentina, Colombia, Canada, chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Saint Lucia, in a statement said their diplomats in Caracas would return to their respective countries for consultations.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>\u201cWe call for the Maduro regime to restore democracy, hold free and fair elections, release all political prisoners immediately and unconditionally, and end the repression and economic deprivation of the Venezuelan people,\u201d Trump said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Reacting to the ongoing developments, on Tuesday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro ordered the expulsion of US charge d’affaires Todd Robinson and deputy head of mission Brian Naranjo and declared both of them “persona non grata.”<\/p>\n

He said, “They must leave the country in 48 hours in protest and in defense of the dignity of the Venezuelan homeland… Enough of conspiracies!”<\/p>\n

Maduro made the announcement via a nationally televised speech after being officially proclaimed the winner of Sunday’s election.\u00a0 “I repudiate all the sanctions that are sought against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, because they harm it, they generate suffering for the people of Venezuela,” said Maduro.<\/p>\n

He specifically spoke about US diplomat\u2019s involvement in the conspiracies against the country saying, \u201cWe will present evidence to the country of the conspiracy in the military field of the United States charge d’affaires and his embassy, of the conspiracy in the economic field and of the conspiracy in the political field.”<\/p>\n

The US administration also declined to recognize the election and said that it would actively consider\u00a0oil sanctions on the country. Washington has already imposed sanctions against Venezuela and blamed Maduro\u2019s government for the country\u2019s acute economic crisis.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, the US ramped up pressure on Caracas by imposing\u00a0new sanctions against the government\u2019s top officials.<\/p>\n

Moreover the Venezuela’s foreign ministry released a statement referring to the US sanctions “a crime against humanity.” The statement said, “Venezuela once again condemns the systematic campaign of aggression and hostility by the US regime to punish the Venezuelan people for exercising their right to vote.”<\/p>\n

Maduro\u2019s government, however, said the US was using new sanctions to sabotage the election. It called Washington\u2019s move as part of \u201ca systematic campaign of aggression\u201d by US administration and said they had no legal base.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"