U.S. Will Remove All Remaining Personnel from Embassy in Venezuela

After four days of blackouts in the South American country, the United States announced that it will be removing all remaining U.S. staff members from its embassy in Venezuela.

According to the Associated Press, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated late Monday night that the U.S. will be working to remove all American embassy staff members from the South American nation due to the regression of political, social and economic conditions.

Over the past several months the United States has taken part in efforts to oust the nation’s current socialist president Nicolás Maduro. One of those efforts has been to voice its support – along with 50 other countries – for self-elected president and opposition party leader Juan Guaido.

According to the AP, after the U.S. recognized Guaido as Venezuela’s rightful leader, Maduro demanded the U.S. to remove all diplomats from Venezuela in late January. Madura reportedly backed down and allowed them to stay. Still, the U.S. removed all embassy employees’ dependents from the country and are now working on removing the rest of the Americans in the embassy by the end of the week.

As Christian Headlines previously reported, social and political unrest broke out in Venezuela under Hugo Chávez, who ruled over the nation for almost 15 years. Chávez nationalized many of the major industries in the nation including the…