On Tuesday, October 30, Jorge Rodríguez, the President of Venezuela’s Parliament, announced plans to request that Celso Amorim, special advisor to Brazil’s presidency, be declared “persona non grata”. Rodríguez accused Amorim of acting as a tool for U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan during Venezuela’s presidential elections on July 28. Rodríguez claimed that Amorim participated […]
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