El Salvador expels Venezuelan diplomats, recognizes Juan Guaido

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has expelled Venezuela’s diplomatic corps, giving them two days to leave the country.

El Salvador announced late Saturday that Venezuelan diplomats serving under embattled President Nicolas Maduro had 48 hours to leave the country. He added that El Salvador would welcome a future diplomatic corps sent by opposition leader Juan Guaido.

The move was the latest example of a country publicly designating Maduro’s presidency in Venezuela as illegitimate. Guaido is currently leading an opposition movement against long term ruler Maduro. Multiple countries, as well as international groupings, have backed Guaido.

While Guaido has managed to secure control over several Venezuelan Embassies abroad, including in the US. However, his opposition movement has been unable remove Maduro from power, and the country has found itself in a political stalemate while dealing with a humanitarian crisis.

Via Al Jazeera

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