Venezuela's Opposition Blasts Expulsion Of EU Diplomat
Umer Jamshaid Published July 01, 2020 | 02:20 PM
Caracas, July 1 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 1st Jul, 2020 ) :Venezuela's opposition-controlled parliament blasted the government over the "unacceptable expulsion" of the head of the European Union mission in Caracas with just 72 hours' notice.
President Nicolas Maduro told Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa on Monday to leave the country within three days, in retaliation for the EU sanctioning 11 Venezuelan officials.
Opposition leader Juan Guaido, the National Assembly president, called it "an outburst of arrogance, a new outburst that seems like madness on the dictator's part." Maduro and his government were trying "to appear strong in a moment of institutional weakness," he added.
Guaido, who last year declared himself interim president, earning the support of more than 50 countries, said the opposition's ties with the EU remained "solid." The EU reacted to Maduro's decision by summoning Venezuela's ambassador and calling for the country to reverse its decision.
"Who are they to try to impose themselves with threats?" an angry Maduro said on Monday when announcing the measure.
Relations have been tense since 2017, when Venezuela became the first Latin American country to be slapped with sanctions from the EU, including an arms embargo.
Among officials hit with new EU sanctions on Monday was Maduro-backed opposition legislator Luis Parra, who is challenging Guaido for the leadership of the National Assembly.
Parra declared himself National Assembly president in January while security forces loyal to Maduro prevented Guaido from entering the building for a re-election vote he was widely expected to win.
Initially allies, Parra and Guaido fell out after the former was linked to a corruption scandal relating to a food distribution program run by Maduro's government.
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