The Brazilian Foreign Ministry has notified Venezuelan diplomats that they must leave the country.
The Foreign Ministry note says that if diplomats do not leave Brazil on their own, they will be sent.
According to the newspaper, there are currently 17 Venezuelan diplomats in Brazil. In addition to the embassy in Brasilia, Venezuela has consulates in Manaus, Rio de Janeiro, Belen, São Paulo, Recife and Boa Vista.
Earlier, the Antagonista portal published an order from the Brazilian Foreign Ministry, which states that the country is recalling diplomats and the technical composition of its missions in Venezuela. In the Bolivarian Republic, there will remain one Brazilian diplomat and employee of the diplomatic immunity department, the publication said.
The situation in Venezuela escalated after January 23, 2019, opposition leader Juan Guaidó, whose appointment to the post of speaker of the parliament two days earlier, was canceled by the Supreme Court, declared himself acting president. He was recognized as the interim head of state by the United States, Lima Group countries (except Mexico), the Organization of American States and most EU countries joined them. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called the incident an attempted coup and announced the severance of diplomatic relations with the United States. In his support, Russia, Belarus, Iran, China, Cuba, Nicaragua, Syria and Turkey spoke out.
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