CARACAS (Reuters) - Ecuador expelled Venezuela's ambassador to Quito on Thursday after a Venezuelan government minister called Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno a liar, and Venezuela reciprocated by ordering Ecuador's top diplomat to go home.
In a Wednesday press conference, Venezuelan Communication Minister Jorge Rodriguez said Moreno was a "liar" and accused him of exaggerating in a speech at the United Nations the number of Venezuelan migrants arriving in Ecuador.
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