{{Venezuela’s foreign minister says the South American country has cut off all diplomatic contact with the United States because Washington is meddling in its domestic affairs.}}<\/p>\n
Elias Jaua said Wednesday that “any type of contact has been postponed” until officials in Washington respect Venezuela’s sovereignty and stop commenting on its internal matters.<\/p>\n
Venezuela’s government expelled two military attaches earlier this month for allegedly talking to members of the country’s armed forces. <\/p>\n
Washington responded by expelling two Venezuelan diplomats, who were honored by Jaua Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The two countries already don’t have ambassadors in each other’s countries.<\/p>\n
Acting leader Nicolas Maduro has repeatedly accused former U.S. officials of plotting to kill an opposition presidential candidate seeking to replace the late President Hugo Chavez.<\/p>\n
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