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Sat 02 Feb 2009Spain to lodge complaint over MEP deportation
Spain said today it was preparing an official complaint against Venezuela's decision to deport a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for criticising the Venezuelan electoral commission.
Luis Herrero, MEP for Spain's conservative PP party, was deported on Friday after Venezuela's CNE electoral commission accused him of questioning its impartiality before a referendum to allow President Hugo Chavez to stand for his post indefinitely.
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