Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa

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Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa (born 1964) is a Portuguese diplomat who serves as the European Union Ambassador to Venezuela. She has been the ambassador since February 2018. [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] 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]

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References

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