US To Withdraw All Remaining Diplomatic Staff From Venezuela: Mike Pompeo

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
withdraw its remaining diplomatic staff from the embassy in Caracas as the crisis in Venezuela worsens, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said
late Monday."This decision reflects the deteriorating situation in #Venezuela as well as the conclusion that the presence of US diplomatic
staff at the embassy has become a constraint on US policy," Mr Pompeo wrote on Twitter.On January 24 the State Department ordered all
non-emergency US government employees to depart Venezuela, where President Nicolas Maduro is facing a stiff challenge for power from
opposition leader Juan Guaido amid an acute economic crisis.That day the department also urged Americans living in Venezuela to consider
leaving.