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US-Venezuela explusions raise tension between two countries
by Joseph Earnest October 2, 2013
Newscast Media CARACAS—The US has expelled Venezuela's charge d'affaires and two other diplomats. The move comes in reprisal for the expulsion of Kelly Keiderling, the top US diplomat in Venezuela, from Caracas. Venezuelan officials called the move unjustified, saying the diplomats in Washington had not met with people opposed to President Barack Obama in order to undermine their host country, as it accused the US officials of having done. According to Venezuela, the US diplomats, including Charge d'Affaires Kelly Keiderling, met with the country's "far right" - the government's term for the opposition - to finance President Nicolas Maduro's opponents and encourage actions to sabotage the power system and the economy. Venezuelan President Maduro began his term in April, after winning an election following the death of his mentor Hugo Chavez, and has continued the anti-US populism that had served the revolutionary-cum-head of state so well during his 14 years in power before succumbing to cancer. Relations appeared to have eased in June, when the two countries agreed to begin discussions aimed at returning ambassadors to Caracas and Washington after talks between US Secretary of State John Kerry and Foreign Minister Elias Jaua. However, Venezuela broke off the rapprochement in July after the diplomat Samantha Power, now the US ambassador to the United Nations, lumped the country in with other "repressive regimes." "While the government of the United States does not understand that it has to respect our country's sovereignty there will be simply be no cordial relations nor cordial communication," Maduro said Tuesday in Caracas. "The day that the government of President Obama rectifies the situation, we will establish new points of contact to discuss common issues," Maduro added. Add Comments>> Source: Radio Deutsche Welle
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