Venezuela, El Salvador Expel Each Other’s Diplomats

Venezuela, El Salvador Expel Each Other’s Diplomats
People display a huge Venezuelan flag as they take part in a protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas, Venezuela, April 10, 2019. Ivan Alvarado/Reuters
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CARACAS—Venezuela’s foreign ministry said on Nov. 3 it was expelling El Salvador’s diplomats from the country, in response to the Central American country’s decision to kick out their counterparts, who represent Venezuelan regime leader Nicolas Maduro.

In a statement, the ministry said it would give the diplomats 48 hours to leave. El Salvador President Nayib Bukele’s government doesn’t recognize Maduro as legitimate and said on Nov. 2 that it would receive a new diplomatic corps representing opposition leader Juan Guaido.