{"id":386843,"date":"2017-12-27T10:03:37","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T10:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=386843"},"modified":"2017-12-27T10:03:37","modified_gmt":"2017-12-27T10:03:37","slug":"brazil-expels-venezuelas-senior-diplomat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/brazil-expels-venezuelas-senior-diplomat\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil expels Venezuela’s most senior diplomat"},"content":{"rendered":"
Brazil has declared Venezuela’s most senior diplomat in Brazil, Gerardo Delgado, as persona non grata.<\/p>\n
The move came days after Venezuela’s decision to expel Brazil’s own ambassador to Caracas, Ruy Pereira.<\/p>\n
Explaining its decision, Venezuela said Brazil had acted illegally in impeaching its former left-wing president, Dilma Rousseff.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, Venezuela also expelled Canada’s charge d’affaires, accusing him of interfering in internal affairs.<\/p>\n
Canada’s foreign ministry retaliated on Monday, announcing that ambassador Wilmer Barrientos Fern\u00e1ndez, who was already abroad, would not be allowed to return.<\/p>\n
Venezuela’s charge d’affaires, \u00c1ngel Herrera, was also asked to leave.<\/p>\n
Relations with Brazil have deteriorated since President Michel Temer took office last year, following Ms Rousseff’s dismissal by Congress for fiscal irregularities.<\/p>\n
President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro described her impeachment as “a right-wing coup”.<\/p>\n