Caracas to name ambassador to US

Venezuela, which has been at odds with the United States for years and announced the expulsion of three US diplomats last week, was scheduled to name an ambassador to Washington on Tuesday, President Nicolas Maduro said on Monday.

Venezuela and the US have not had ambassadors in each others' countries since 2010. Venezuela has denounced the US as a meddling capitalist empire, and Washington has been wary of the government of the late Hugo Chavez and his successor, Maduro, and its ties with countries such as Cuba and Iran.

The three US diplomats whose expulsion was announced were accused of conspiring with student demonstration leaders.

Maduro said he was naming a new ambassador because "Americans think we are killing each other" and he wants to improve dialogue with the US.

AFP

(China Daily 02/26/2014 page10)