Venezuela Expels 3 US Diplomats Over Domestic Protests
Accused of meeting with student protesters, Maduro "determined to defend our country"
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said Sunday he was expelling three U.S. consular officials, accusing them of conspiring with the opposition forces to foment unrest as violent protests ran into a fifth straight night.
"We are determined to defend our country," said Maduro on state television Sunday night.
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We don't need you, just your oil.
Yes I'm sure the protests have nothing to do with Venezuelas failed economic policy's and rising poverty and crime.
The end is nigh. The only shame was that cancer got Chavez before the noose could.