CARACAS — Venezuela on Wednesday expelled the European Union’s ambassador to Caracas in response to new sanctions, giving the Portuguese envoy 72 hours to leave the country and raising the bloc’s renewed ire.
Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza announced the move against ambassador Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa two days after EU foreign ministers agreed to sanction 19 Venezuelan officials for “undermining democracy.”
“Today, by decision of President Nicolas Maduro, we presented to Mrs Isabel Brilhante… her declaration as persona non grata,” Arreaza told journalists.
“She has been given 72 hours to leave Venezuelan territory.”
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