VENEZUELA
Somebody’s Watching Me
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has expelled two top US diplomats in response to new US sanctions that followed his widely condemned re-election, claiming they were part of a “conspiracy” to undermine his regime.
President Donald Trump issued an executive order limiting Venezuela’s ability to sell state assets on Monday, after the US, the European Union and most major Latin American nations found that Sunday’s vote did not meet democratic standards, Reuters reported.
On Tuesday, Maduro accused US charge d’affaires Todd Robinson of being involved in “a military conspiracy,” and ordered him and another senior diplomat, Brian Naranjo, to leave the country within 48 hours.
The US rejected the conspiracy theory.
Previous US sanctions affected asset sales linked to individual Maduro administration members. The new executive order bars US citizens from being involved in sales of Venezuela’s pending invoices related to oil and other assets.
Venezuela’s foreign ministry said Tuesday that the sanctions violated international law.
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