Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa

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Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa (born 1964) is a Portuguese diplomat who served as the European Union Ambassador to Venezuela. She became the ambassador in February 2018 and she was asked to leave in the following year. [1]

Career

Brilhante Pedrosa had served as Portugal's Consul General in Caracas [2] as well as Portugal's ambassador to Namibia (she presented her credentials on July 20, 2016) [3] and Libya. [4]

In February 2018, she became the European Union Ambassador to Venezuela. [1] On June 29, 2020, Nicolás Maduro expelled Brilhante Pedrosa, giving her 72 hours to leave the country, [5] [6] but the decision was later reversed. [7] [8] On 24 February 2021, the ruling party controlled National Assembly in Venezuela called on the government to expel her, following new sanctions by the bloc against 19 Venezuelan officials. [9] Maduro's government declared her persona non grata afterwards, and once more gave her 72 hours to leave the country. [10] Brilhante Pedrosa left after a week. [11] [12] In retaliation the EU decided in 2021 to declare Venezuela's ambassador to the EU as also persona no grata. [13] However the diplomat Claudia Salerno Caldera was also the ambassador to other countries, and this confused the case of expelling her. [14]

In 2021, the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, appointed Brilhante Pedrosa as a member of a delegation to Cuba. [15]

References

  1. 1 2 "Portuguesa Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa, chefe da diplomacia da UE em Caracas, já não vai ser expulsa da Venezuela". Expresso. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "El dictador venezolano Nicolás Maduro expulsó del país a la embajadora de la Unión Europea". Infobae. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  3. ↑ "Presentation of Credential Letters". Embassy of Portugal in Namibia. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa será la nueva delegada de la UE en Venezuela". Correio de Venezuela. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "Venezuela tells EU ambassador to leave country". BBC News . 30 June 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "Venezuela expels EU ambassador after the block imposes sanctions on eleven Maduro regime officials". MercoPress. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  7. ↑ "Venezuela to allow EU ambassador to remain in Caracas - foreign ministry". Reuters . 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.[ dead link ]
  8. ↑ Robinson, Circles (2 July 2020). "Venezuela Cancels Decision to Expel EU Ambassador". Havana Times . Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  9. ↑ "Venezuela's National Assembly asks government to expel EU ambassador". Neweurope.eu. 24 February 2021.
  10. ↑ "Maduro provoca a la Unión Europea con la expulsión de su embajadora". El Mundo (in Spanish). 24 February 2021.
  11. ↑ "Chief European Union diplomat in Venezuela leaves country". Daily Herald. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  12. ↑ "EU ambassador leaves Venezuela after expulsion order". Euractiv.com. 3 March 2021. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  13. ↑ "EU expels Venezuelan ambassador from bloc in sanctions rift". UPI. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  14. ↑ "Ambassador Claudia Salerno Caldera, persona non grata". Agencurope. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  15. ↑ "Portuguese diplomat to head EU delegation in Cuba". ECO News. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
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