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UN Employees Expelled from Venezuela by the Maduro Government Arrive in Panama

Thirteen UN employees who were expelled from Venezuela by Nicolás Maduro have already settled in Panama. (Credit: Pedro Rances Mattey/AFP)

13 diplomatic officials who make up the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Venezuela have arrived in Panama to continue their work following their expulsion by the government of Nicolás Maduro.

Agency spokesperson Marta Hurtado confirmed to Spanish news agency EFE that the office led by High Commissioner Volker Türk has a global mandate, allowing it to continue monitoring the human rights situation in Venezuela even without a physical presence in the country.

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