Brazil today ordered the top diplomat at Venezuela's embassy, Gerardo Delgado to leave the country, in retaliation for Caracas expelling the Brazilian ambassador. A Brazilian Foreign Ministry<br/>spokesman told news agency AFP that Brazil has decided to declare the Venezuelan charge d'affaires persona non grata. <br/><br/>Venezuela announced on Saturday that Brazil's ambassador to Caracas, Ruy Pereira, was no longer welcome as it viewed the Brazilian government as illegitimate.<br/><br/>Caracas is opposed to conservative Brazilian President Michel Temer, who replaced impeached leftist president Dilma Rousseff last year. <br/><br/>Temer's rise resulted in Venezuela-Brazil diplomatic ties being briefly frozen.<br/><br/>Venezuela on Saturday also ordered the Canadian charge d'affaires in Caracas to leave, prompting Ottawa on Monday to<br/>say Venezuela's ambassador and charge d'affaires must leave their posts.<br/><br/>Canada, the United States, Europe and most Latin American nations have denounced Venezuela over its democracy and human rights records.