<span style="color: #222222;">Nicolas Maduro's government in Venezuela has backtracked on an order that gave US Embassy personnel 72 hours to leave the country.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The move defused the tensions between the countries just hours after their top diplomats traded heated rhetoric at a special UN Security Council meeting to address the South American country's crisis.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Maduro broke relations with the United States on Wednesday after the Trump administration recognised opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president. Maduro is accusing the opposition of working with the US to overthrow him.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Though over a dozen nations are recognising Guaido as president, Maduro still has the support of the military and powerful, longtime allies like Russia and China.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The State Department did not immediately confirm the Venezuelan government's account, reiterating only that its priority remains the safety of its personnel and that it has no plans to close the embassy.</span>