Venezuela Shuts Down UN Human Rights Office, Expels Staff

Venezuela on Thursday ordered the U.N. human rights office in Caracas to shut down all operations, ordering the staff to leave the country within three days. During a news conference, Foreign Affairs Minister Yvan Gil announced the decision, saying that the office had played an “inappropriate role” and had become the “private law firm of the coup plotters and terrorists who permanently conspire against the country.” He added that the decision would remain in effect until the office publicly rectified its “colonialist, abusive and violating attitude of the United Nations Charter.” Full Text -> VOA

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