Turn of the screw in Caracas: Venezuela expels UN human rights staff. On Thursday February 15, the Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs announced the end of the activities of the United Nations human rights office in Venezuela.
A deadline of 72 hours given to the institution's officials to leave the country. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights established an office in the Caribbean country in 2019, and has since issued several very critical reports on the situation in the country, says RFI's Alice Campaignolle.