Venezuela may ask U.S. envoy to leave

President Hugo Chavez warned Thursday that the U.S. ambassador could be asked to leave the country if he continues ”meddling in Venezuela’s affairs.”

The outspoken Venezuelan leader lashed out after William Brownfield said U.S. companies and investors must receive a fair price for their shares of Venezuela’s largest telephone company when Chavez’s government nationalizes it.

”If you continue meddling in Venezuela’s affairs, first of all, you are violating the Geneva agreements and getting yourself involved in a serious violation and could ... be declared a persona non grata and would have to leave the country,” Chavez said.

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