The Venezuelan Parliament, the only institution held by the opposition, condemned Tuesday the "unacceptable expulsion" of the head of the European Union delegation in Caracas, Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa, to which the socialist president Nicolas Maduro gave 72 hours to leave Venezuela. "It is an outburst of pride, a new outburst of madness, it seems, on the part of the dictatorship" , declared during this session by videoconference the president of the Parliament, Juan Guaido, that is recognized as interim president of Venezuela by some fifty countries. Nicolas Maduro and his government are trying to "appear strong at a time of institutional fragility , " added the leader of the opposition.
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Nicolas Maduro gave 72 hours on Monday to the head of the EU delegation to leave Venezuela, in reaction to the sanctions adopted the same day by the EU against eleven Venezuelan officials. The EU on Tuesday called on Venezuela to reverse its decision after announcing the convocation of the Venezuelan ambassador to the European institutions.
