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 [1] leave in the following year.

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] but the decision was later reversed. [6] 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. [7] Maduro's government declared her persona non grata afterwards, and once more gave her 72 hours to leave the country. [8] Brilhante Pedrosa left after a week. [9]

In retaliation the EU decided in 2021 to declare Venezuala's ambassador to the EU as also persona no grata. However the rekevant diplomat Claudia Salerno Caldera was also the ambassador to other countries, and this confused the case of expelling her. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Portuguesa Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa, chefe da diplomacia da UE em Caracas, já não vai ser expulsa da Venezuela". Expresso. July 2, 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "El dictador venezolano Nicolás Maduro expulsó del país a la embajadora de la Unión Europea". Infobae. June 29, 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. May 27, 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "Venezuela tells EU ambassador to leave country". BBC News. June 30, 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "Venezuela to allow EU ambassador to remain in Caracas - foreign ministry". Reuters . 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "Venezuela's National Assembly asks government to expel EU ambassador". neweurope.eu. 24 February 2021.
  8. ↑ "Maduro provoca a la Unión Europea con la expulsión de su embajadora". El Mundo (in Spanish). 24 February 2021.
  9. ↑ "Chief European Union diplomat in Venezuela leaves country". Daily Herald. March 2, 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  10. ↑ "AGENCE EUROPE - Ambassador Claudia Salerno Caldera, persona non grata". agenceurope.eu. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
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