In the middle of the crisis, the US will remove all the diplomatic staff in Venezuela

CARACAS (AFP) .- In the midst of the growing crisis that is going through

Venezuela

, and immersed in a day of total power failure,

United States

He announced that he would withdraw all the remaining diplomatic staff at his embbady in Caracas. This was declared last night by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

"This decision reflects the deteriorating situation in Venezuela and the fact that the presence of American diplomats in the embbady has become a limit for US policy," said Pompeo.

January 23

Nicolás Maduro

announced the rupture of diplomatic relations with the United States, for having recognized the leader of the opposition

Juan Guaidó

as acting president, and ordered the departure of all American diplomats from the country. However, Washington at the time challenged the legitimacy of the Venezuelan president by refusing to obey.

Be that as it may, on January 24, the State Department ordered the return of all "non-essential" employees of his government to Venezuela and relatives of diplomats. He even advised American citizens to leave the oil country.

The Venezuelan opposition has called for new protests today, the fifth day of a gigantic power outage that has paralyzed the country and compounded the food and sanitation crisis.