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Peru expels Venezuela’s ambassador to protest assembly

Peru expels Venezuela's ambassador to protest assembly | iNFOnews.ca
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, center, flanked by his wife Cilia Flores, left, and Constitutional Assembly President Delay Rodriguez, arrive to the National Assembly building to attend a special session of the constitutional assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. The new constitutional assembly has declared itself as the superior body to all other governmental institutions, including the opposition-controlled congress. At top is a bust of the nation's independence hero Simon Bolivar. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) A

LIMA, Peru – Peru is expelling Venezuela’s ambassador as it and other nations in Latin America begin to assert more pressure on President Nicolas Maduro’s government for allegedly trampling on the constitutional order.

Peru said in a statement Friday that it was giving Ambassador Diego Molero five days to leave the country. It also refused to receive a diplomatic protest made by Maduro after Peru this week hosted foreign ministers from more than a dozen like-minded regional governments to pressure Maduro to back down from his plans to rewrite the constitution.

The opposition sees the move to retool the charter as an illegitimate power grab.

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