State Department Orders Some Diplomatic Staff Out Of Venezuela In Political Crisis

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January 24th, 2019

Venezuela’s sitting president, Nicolás Maduro, attends a ceremony Thursday in Caracas to mark the opening of the judicial year at the Supreme Court of Justice. Opposition leader Juan Guaidó has declared himself the interim president, but Maduro has not ceded pow

Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters

Updated at 6:32 p.m. ET

The State Department is ordering “non-emergency U.S. government employees to depart Venezuela,” according to a security alert issued Thursday evening. The U.S. Embassy in Caracas will remain open.

The alert also advised caution if U.S. citizens are in or traveling to Venezuela.

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