Current event #6: Venezuelan Ambassadors are Declared Personae Non Gratae

        In March of 2013 the state department announced that two Venezuelan Ambassadors were declared Personae Non Gratae. Personae Non Gratae is declared to express that a certain person (especially one that is a sort of official in another country) to be unwelcome. The two ambassadors that were expelled were Orlando Jose Montanez Olivares and Victor Camacaro Mata. This declaration was made in response to the two US officials that were previously kicked out of South America.
        A spokes woman for the State Department named Victoria Nuland (right) tells reporters a little bit of the story. She says, "Around the world when our people are thrown out unjustly, we're going to take reciprocal action." (Nuland, http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/11/us/venezuela-diplomats-expelled).
        The reason that these two US officials were expelled from South America because Venezuelan officials announced President Hugo Chavez's death and they were accusing the Two US officials of planning to destabilize the country by meeting with the Venezuelan militatry and encouraging them to pursue "destabilizing projects". http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/11/us/venezuela-diplomats-expelled
        The accusing were denied by US officials and the two expelled ambassadors have left the United States. Now people of both counrties are carfuly watching for signs of growing tension.
Photo from: (http://www.nato.int/multi/2007/071119c-arab-media/photos/pages/071119c-015.html) :Accessed on April 19th, 2013

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