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Venezuela expels three US diplomats over 'sabotaging' country's economy

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Venezuela has expelled three US diplomats for plotting to sabotage the economy.

President Nicolas Maduro said the diplomats have 48 hours to leave the country.

Maduro said he has evidence that the three took part in power-grid sabotage in September and had bribed Venezuelan companies to cut down production, the BBC reports.

According to the report, the diplomats expelled have been named as Kelly Keiderling, the charge d'affaires and the most senior US diplomat in Caracas, David Moo and Elizabeth Hoffman.

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First Published: Oct 01 2013 | 12:40 PM IST

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