US to expel Venezuelan diplomat

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The saga continues…

US State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Jeny Figueredo Frias, who is chief of staff to Venezuela’s ambassador, would have 72 hours to leave the country.

He said the move was a direct response to the action taken against Capt Correa, and Ms Frias was “the most appropriate” choice.

“We don’t like to get into tit-for-tat games like this with the Venezuelan government, but they initiated this and the US chose to respond,” Mr McCormack said.

Washington has raised concern about the health of democracy under Chavez and has accused him of destabilizing the region. In response, Chavez has said his government is democratic and it is the U.S. that is a destabilizing force. Looking at the recent history of Central America, it does not take a genius to conclude that Chavez is most likely correct. El Salvador, Honduras, Panama and Nicaragua all had (and still have) significant interference from the US government in their successful attempts to destabilize and overthrow leftist leaning governments.

Here is another article that discusses US plans for regime change in Venezuela: Likely U.S. Plans for Regime Change in Venezuela

I wonder at what point the North American public will finally wake up and become more aware of these issues. Probably around the same time that political, national and global news becomes more popular than celebrity news. This will most likely happen around the same time that North Americans stop watching tv, start exercising more, and stop buying SUVs. I’m not holding my breath.