Brazil orders top diplomat at Venezuela embassy to leave country

Brazil today ordered the top diplomat at Venezuela's embassy, Gerardo Delgado to leave the country, in retaliation for Caracas expelling the Brazilian ambassador. A Brazilian Foreign Ministry

Spokesman told news agency AFP that Brazil has decided to declare the Venezuelan charge d'affaires persona non grata.Venezuela announced on Saturday that Brazil's ambassador to Caracas, Ruy Pereira, was no longer welcome as it viewed the Brazilian government as illegitimate.

Caracas is opposed to conservative Brazilian President



Michel Temer, who replaced impeached leftist president Dilma Rousseff last year. 

Temer's rise resulted in Venezuela-Brazil diplomatic ties being briefly frozen.

Venezuela on Saturday also ordered the Canadian charge d'affaires in Caracas to leave, prompting Ottawa on Monday to say Venezuela's ambassador and charge d'affaires must leave their posts.

Canada, the United States, Europe and most Latin American nations have denounced Venezuela over its democracy and human rights records.