Press. voanews.com
Peru's government is expelling Venezuela's ambassador as it and other
nations in Latin America begin to assert more pressure on President Nicolas
Maduro's government for allegedly trampling on the constitutional order. Peru said in a statement Friday that it was giving Ambassador Diego
Molero five days to leave the country. It also refused to receive a diplomatic
protest made by Maduro after Peru this week hosted foreign ministers from more
than a dozen like-minded regional governments to pressure Maduro to back down
from his plans to rewrite the constitution. The opposition sees the move to
retool the charter as an illegitimate power grab.
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