Eleven Venezuela diplomats in U.S. defect since last month - opposition

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Eleven Venezuelan diplomats in the United States have defected from President Nicolas Maduro's government since opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself interim president last month, a representative of the opposition said on Thursday.

Gustavo Marcano, senior aide to the Venezuelan opposition's envoy to Washington, told reporters that bank accounts for Venezuelan embassies and consulates in the United States had been frozen.