The US State Department ordered nonessential personnel to leave Venezuela, but is not closing its embassy in Caracas, the department said Thursday as the Latin American country’s military threw its weight behind President Nicolas Maudro. On Wednesday, Maduro said he was ending diplomatic relations with the United States in response ...
The United States on Thursday called for a meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss the crisis in Venezuela, the US mission to the United Nations said. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to attend the open meeting requested for Saturday, diplomats said.
