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US pulls diplomats from its embassy in Caracas, and tensions between Venezuela and Brazil escalate
The United States will withdraw all remaining staff from its embassy in Venezuela, according to a late-night March 11 announcement by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Twitter, who cited the “deterioriating situation” there.