Venezuela and El Salvador expel each others' diplomats

CARACAS - Venezuela's foreign ministry said on Sunday it was expelling El Salvador's diplomats from the country, in response to the Central American country's decision to kick out their counterparts representing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

In a statement, the ministry said it would give the diplomats 48 hours to leave. El Salvador President Nayib Bukele's government does not recognize Maduro as legitimate and said on Saturday it would receive a new diplomatic corps representing opposition leader Juan Guaido.

The Salvadoran move came less than a week after the US government extended temporary protections for Salvadorans living in the United States by an extra year.

Reuters