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U.S. kicks out two Venezuelan diplomats
Washington Times ^ | 3/11/13 | Guy Taylor

Posted on 03/11/2013 10:04:23 AM PDT by Nachum

The Obama administration has moved to kick two Venezuelan diplomats out of the United States in response to Venezuela’s expulsion last week of two U.S. officials from the U.S. embassy in Caracas, The Washington Times has learned.

In a sign that U.S.-Venezuelan relations are unlikely to warm quickly in the post-Chavez era, the Venezuelan government confirmed that two of its diplomats have left the U.S., a State Department spokesman told The Times.

One of the diplomats had apparently been based at the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, while the other worked at a Venezuelan office in New York.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: diplomats; venezuelan

1 posted on 03/11/2013 10:04:23 AM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

This used to be commonplace.
First the Rooskis, then US...


2 posted on 03/11/2013 10:57:00 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (NRA Life Member)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

“First the Rooskis, then US”

Still the same, just Venezuelan Rooskies.


3 posted on 03/11/2013 11:11:42 AM PDT by Cyman
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