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2/24/21

Venezuela kicks out EU envoy to protest sanctions

The South American country, Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said on Wednesday.

The decision came after EU foreign ministers imposed sanctions on 19 leading Venezuelan officials over human rights violations and "undermining democracy."

"By instructions of the President Nicolas Maduro, the ambassador of the European Union in our country, Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa, is declared as 'persona no grata,' she has 72 hours to leave Venezuela," the foreign ministry said on Twitter.

Read more at Venezuela kicks out EU envoy to protest sanctions | News | DW | 24.02.2021

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