↑ President Chavez ordered the expulsion of the U.S. Ambassador, John Duddy, on ngày 11 tháng 9 năm 2008, in solidarity with the Bolivian government's decision to expel the U.S. Ambassador in La Paz. The U.S. Government ordered the reciprocal expulsion of the Venezuelan Ambassador in Washington. Source: U.S. Department of State Background Notes on Venezuela
