Venezuela’s UN ambassador says resigning at Maduro’s request
9 years ago(FILES) This file photo taken on November 13, 2017 shows Venezuelan ambassador to the United Nations Rafael Ramirez Carreno speaking to the media during a Security Council Arria formula meeting on the situation in Venezuela, at the UN headquarters in New York, United States. Caracas' ambassador to the United Nations, Rafael Ramirez, said in a letter released on December 5, 2017 he was standing down at the request of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, as a feud between the two worsened. Ramirez had long been seen as a target of Maduro's aggressive push to consolidate power in the run-up to next year's presidential elections in the crisis-wracked South American country. / AFP PHOTO / Jewel SAMAD
Caracas' ambassador to the United Nations, Rafael Ramirez, said in a letter released Tuesday he was standing down at the request of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, as a feud between the two worsened.