Cheryl Miles named ambassador to Venezuela

Career diplomat Marilyn Cheryl Miles has been identified to fill the post of Guyana’s ambassador to Venezuela but Venezuelan media reports say that country’s President Nicolás Maduro has ordered the suspension of the process to accredit her. Sources told Stabroek News yesterday that Miles, who resides in the United States, was identified to fill the post and government has not received any official note on the freezing of the agrément. “We have not received any official word from the government of Venezuela,” one source said. More...