Obama administration will expel Venezuela's consul general

According to The Australian News the Obama administration will expel Venezuela's consul general in Miami after allegations surfaced that she discussed possible cyber-attacks on US soil while she was stationed at her country's embassy in Mexico. The State Department said it had declared the diplomat, Livia Acosta Noguera, persona non grata and given her until Tuesday to leave the country.
In other news Yahoo News is reporting that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dismissed a U.S. warning to avoid close ties with Iran on Sunday, denouncing what he said was Washington's attempt to dominate the world as he welcomed the Iranian president to the Latin American nation. Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived at the start of a tour to shore up support from the region's leftist leaders, as tough new Western sanctions aim to isolate the Islamic republic and target its vital oil exports.
In April 2009 at President Obama’s meeting with the heads of South American countries Venezuelan President Hugo presented President Obama with a copy of "Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent" . Obama posed for a photograph with Chavez, shook his hand, and accepted the book.
The book offers a critique of the consequences of 500 years of European and U.S. colonization of Latin America.