{"id":121918,"date":"2021-05-08T15:35:19","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T07:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=121918"},"modified":"2021-05-08T15:35:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T07:35:20","slug":"cuba-rejects-the-expulsion-of-its-diplomat-from-colombia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=121918","title":{"rendered":"Cuba rejects the expulsion of its diplomat from Colombia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telesurenglish.net\/news\/Cuba-Rejects-Colombias-Attack-On-Its-Ambassador-In-Bogota-20210507-0009.html#\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.telesurenglish.net\/__export\/1620406322375\/sites\/telesur\/img\/2021\/05\/07\/embajada_cuba_colombia_noticias_protestas-1140x570.jpg_1718483346.jpg\" alt=\"Cuban embassy in Bogota, Colombia, May 2021.\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>HAVANA, May 8 (NNN-TELESUR) &#8212; Cuba&#8217;s Foreign Affairs Ministry (MINREX) rejected Colombia&#8217;s decision to declare the Cuban First Secretary\u00a0in Bogota Omar Garcia a persona non grata\u00a0in this Latin American country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We have summoned the Colombian ambassador in Havana to convey our energetic rejection of the decision taken by his country on Thursday night,&#8221; MINREX Director General for Latin American Affairs Eugenio Martinez tweeted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Colombia&#8217;s administration, the Cuban First Secretary&nbsp;will be expelled from the country for carrying out activities incompatible with the Vienna Convention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We denounce this unfounded decision, which represents an unfriendly act and affects the normal functioning of the Cuban Embassy in Colombia,&#8221; Martinez added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colombia&#8217;s Foreign Affairs Ministry has not given further explanations about this decision, which will affect diplomatic relations between the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, local outlets claim that President Ivan Duque&#8217;s administration made that political move because Cuba allegedly sent undercover agents to fuel the protests that shook this South American country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This is fake news. Our diplomats carry out their duties seriously and rigorously. We demand that the real motives for this unusual attack be exposed,&#8221; Martinez stressed. &#8212; NNN-TELESUR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HAVANA, May 8 (NNN-TELESUR) &#8212; Cuba&#8217;s Foreign Affairs Ministry (MINREX) rejected Colombia&#8217;s decision to declare the Cuban First Secretary\u00a0in Bogota Omar Garcia a persona non grata\u00a0in this Latin American country. &#8220;We have summoned the Colombian ambassador in Havana to convey our energetic rejection of the decision taken by his country on Thursday night,&#8221; MINREX Director [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":121922,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121918"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/121922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}