CNN: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced on Tuesday that his country was expelling two top US diplomats following vocal criticism from the Trump administration over last Sunday's controversial presidential elections.
Speaking at his confirmation ceremony in Caracas, Maduro declared the senior-most US official at the embassy, Todd Robinson, to be "Persona Non Grata," along with the chief of the embassy's political section, Brian Naranjo. He also accused the men of interfering in the election -- an accusation the State Department has rejected.
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