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Posted on 01/23/2019 12:52:50 PM PST by tcrlaf
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday he was breaking diplomatic relations with the United States, after the Trump administration recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as the South American country's interim president.
Speaking to supporters outside the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, socialist leader Maduro said he would give U.S. diplomatic personnel 72 hours to leave Venezuela, which is suffering from a hyperinflationary economic collapse.
Earlier Wednesday, the Trump administration ratcheted up pressure on Maduro on Wednesday, announcing U.S. recognition of Guaido as interim president and signaling potential new sanctions against its vital oil sector.
With street protests against Maduro underway across Venezuela, Trump said the United States recognized Guaido, head of the opposition-controlled Congress, as the country's leader and called socialist Maduro's government "illegitimate."
"I will continue to use the full weight of United States economic and diplomatic power to press for the restoration of Venezuelan democracy," Trump said in a statement, encouraging other governments in the Western Hemisphere to also recognize Guaido.
The administration had been waiting to issue its announcement after Guaido had been sworn in as the country's temporary president on Wednesday, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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That is still the case. Marines are assigned to U.S. Embassies.
Putin is not happy.
The marines protect the inside; the grounds and inside the building. The local country protects the outside, wall or fence perimeter and street. This is standard in most countries of the world. In Israel, the Armenian christians provide security for the counsulate (probably now an embassy) and the Israeli soldiers sit in a kiosk on the corner with auto weapons.
Neither is Sean Penn.
Time for Monroe Doctrine Part II. The tricky part is keeping Russia and the Chicoms out of Latin America.
How long before Hugo Chaves’s daughter bails out or get hung from a light pole along with the rest of her Daddies buddies.
The US diplomats leaving will drop their GDP even further.
Trump will tell them, mind you own business or I will destroy you economy China. And Russia, the same goes for you.
Define “elected”.
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