Amid migrant crisis, Ecuador expels Venezuela ambassador, calls country ‘murderous’

The fight over the scale of Venezuela’s exodus escalated Thursday when Ecuador said it was ejecting Venezuela’s ambassador, calling that country’s administration “corrupt, murderous and lying.” The reaction came after Venezuela Communications Minister Jorge Rodríguez on Wednesday accused Ecuador President Lenín Moreno of “lying” about the number of Venezuelan migrants pouring into that country. During his Sept. 25 speech at the U.N. General Assembly, Moreno had said that his nation has received more than 6,000 Venezuelan migrants a day and that “children are arriving with measles, diphtheria and polio.” More…