• Venezuela Nicolás Maduro defines European sanctions as an "attack of madness"

  • Diplomacy Maduro provokes the European Union with the expulsion of its ambassador

  • Sanctions The EU sanctions 19 Chavista leaders, judges, military and police

The European Council reacted late on Thursday to the latest diplomatic provocations by Chavismo and decided to declare

Claudia Salerno,

Nicolás Maduro's ambassador in Brussels,

"persona non grata"

.

In this way it responds to the expulsion of the Portuguese Isabel Brilhante, EU ambassador in Caracas, and to the broadside launched by the "son of Chávez" in the last hours.

"The EU considers this declaration

totally unjustified

and contrary to the European objective of developing relations and creating associations in third countries", specified the European Council.

The measure against Salerno, who is a partner of the Spanish former deputy

Javier Couso,

one of the main defenders of the Bolivarian revolution in Spain, was proposed by Josep Borrell, EU High Commissioner.

The 72-hour countdown for Brilhante began on Wednesday when he received

his declaration of persona non grata

from Foreign Minister

Jorge Arreaza

.

Maduro took advantage of his television intervention, hours later, to explain the expulsion of the European diplomat: "Without rhyme or reason, the EU gave a mad attack and began to attack Venezuela."

During the diplomatic crisis between Venezuela and the EU last year, in which reciprocal expulsions were also threatened, Maduro backed down in his decision and Brilhante did not finally return to Europe.

“We did not want to do that, but we cannot accept that anyone comes to offend or attack Venezuela.

They attacked the legislative power, the judicial system, the electoral power ”

, the“ people president ”stressed.

The latest

European sanctions

,

which prevent entry to the 27 member countries and the freezing of their financial assets, have hit key figures thanks to which Maduro remains in power, starting with Commander

Remigio Ceballos,

number two of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces, and by the directors of the Special Forces (FAES) ("extermination squads", according to the United Nations) and the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM).

The new president of the National Electoral Council (CNE),

Indira Alfonzo,

officiated the fraudulent elections in December as ordered by the Bolivarian leadership.

The Supreme Court magistrates have continued to harass the opposition and the legitimate National Assembly, chaired by Juan Guaidó.

What do they think?

The leadership believes that it can address the countries of Latin America as if we were a colony.

No not like that!

We were looking for dialogue, but not like this.

Either you rectify or there is no more deal of any kind.

Venezuela has dignity and will know how to respond to attacks, wherever they come from.

God with us and who against!

Not even the EU will be able to beat us, “harangued the revolutionary leader.

Maduro took advantage of his intervention to, in a mysterious way, reveal that "important steps had been taken with a European country to reestablish dialogue with all opposition sectors and Chavismo."

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