Venezuelan Ambassador to North Korea William Izarra died in his home country on October 1, according to condolence messages posted online by President Nicolás Maduro and other political figures.
Several Izarra students have taken to social media to mourn her death and share an apparent final message from the ambassador detailing her painful battle with COVID-19 in late September.
Izarra was appointed ambassador to North Korea in May 2021, but had yet to visit Venezuela’s new embassy in Pyongyang due to the DPRK’s pandemic border restrictions. It once served
Venezuelan Ambassador to North Korea William Izarra died in his home country on October 1, according to condolence messages posted online by President Nicolás Maduro and other political figures.
Several Izarra students took to social media to mourn his death and share an apparent last message of the ambassador detailing his painful battle with COVID-19 at the end of September.
