[News] The European Union declares the representative of Venezuela to that body a person not welcome

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In another of the sections of the document, they made clear the reason for their decision: "the decision of the Venezuelan government to declare the head of the EU delegation in Venezuela‘ persona non grata ’".

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They made it clear that for the organization what Venezuela did was something that goes against the main objective of the European Union in what it seeks is to develop and strengthen relations with different countries. They cataloged what happened as completely unjustified.

It should be remembered that the expulsion of the Portuguese Brilhante occurred last Wednesday. The regime of Nicolás Maduro gave him a period of 3 days to leave the country, as announced by Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza.

"Today, by decision of President Nicolás Maduro, we have handed over to Mrs. Isabel Brilhante (...) her declaration as persona non grata," Arreaza told the press after meeting in Caracas with the diplomat. "She has been given a period of 72 hours to leave Venezuelan territory," he added.

The Maduro regime thus responded to sanctions against 19 officials, including Remigio Ceballos, one of Venezuela's main military leaders; Indira Alfonzo, president of the National Electoral Council (CNE); and two congressmen.

Arreaza called the measures "illegal". "Hopefully there will be reflection in the European Union, hopefully we can rebuild bridges of understanding, dialogue, hopefully they will learn to respect," said the foreign minister.

Already on July 29, after another package of sanctions, Maduro declared Brilhante Pedrosa a person no grata and then gave him 72 hours to leave the country. However, when that deadline was met, the regime backed down, but requested "gestures" from the bloc in return.

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Venezuela became the first Latin American country to be sanctioned by the EU in 2017, which has since approved measures against 55 Venezuelan officials, including a ban on traveling to its space and the freezing of assets.

Last Monday, the European Union added 19 Venezuelan officials to the list of those sanctioned and reached a political agreement to apply measures against Russian officials for the judicial process against the opposition Alexis Navalni and against the Burmese military for the coup.

In the case of Venezuela, it was the fifth round of restrictive sanctions adopted by the EU.

"In view of the serious situation that persists in Venezuela," the diplomats concluded that "nineteen people should be included in the list of natural and legal persons, entities and agencies subject to restrictive measures."

In this way, the number of Venezuelans who are subject to EU sanctions rose to 55.

"The people added to the list are responsible, in particular, for undermining the electoral rights of the opposition and the democratic functioning of the National Assembly, and for serious violations of human rights and restrictions of fundamental freedoms," said the ministers of Foreign EU in a note.

"In view of the serious situation that persists in Venezuela," the diplomats concluded that "nineteen people should be included in the list of natural and legal persons, entities and agencies subject to restrictive measures."

In this way, the number of Venezuelans who are subject to EU sanctions rose to 55.

"The people added to the list are responsible, in particular, for undermining the electoral rights of the opposition and the democratic functioning of the National Assembly, and for serious violations of human rights and restrictions of fundamental freedoms," said the ministers of Foreign EU in a note.

On Twitter, the Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Jorge Arreaza, noted at the time that the regime rejected the decision that "arbitrarily imposes unilateral coercive measures" against officials.

According to Arreaza, the decision to adopt sanctions expressed the "frustration" of the EU at the failure of its "aggression against our people."

On the other hand, the interim president of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, was sanctioned by the Comptroller General of that country along with 27 other former deputies of Parliament, for allegedly refusing to deliver an affidavit regarding the assets that each one possesses.