Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said last night that he was recalling his Ambassador to Guyana Reina Margarita Arratia Diaz for consultation, initiating a comprehensive review of relations with this country and reducing the size of Venezuela’s embassy here.
According to reports, Maduro made this statement in an address to the national legislature in Venezuela last night, where he accused Guyana of promoting “hatred and aggression” against Venezuela.
Contacted last night, Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge said he had not heard the announcement that Diaz was to be recalled, though he knew that Maduro was to have addressed his Parliament. He also said that while a country can express dissatisfaction by recalling its
