Nicolás Maduro gave US diplomats 72 hours to leave Venezuela

Tension between the United States and Venezuela continues to rise. After accusing the White House of a cyber attack this has kept much of the country without light since Thursday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro gave 72 hours to all staff left at the US Embbady in Caracas to leave the national territory.

President's statement comes after his government has decided suspend negotiations to establish an office of interest because – according to Washington- "prepare a trap false positives. "" For the moment the negotiation is closed. Leave, "said Maduro.

Despite the decision, the Venezuelan head of state was ready to welcome the diplomatic representatives of both countries at the United Nations in New York Negotiations to create the Bureau of Interests to deal with commercial and consular affairs.

The announcement came a day after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that his country would withdraw the rest of the staff from his embbady in Caracas because of the deterioration of the situation and because they "represented an obstacle" to Trump's government plans.

At the end of January, Washington withdrew some of its diplomatic staff after Maduro ordered his deportation and gave them 72 hours to leave the country.

After the announcement of the rupture of relations on January 23, Venezuela has withdrawn everything from the United States. your diplomatic staff.