Cuba's Ambassador to Ecuador Basilio Gutierrez and his diplomatic staff were given 48 hours to leave Quito.

Cuba's Ambassador to Ecuador Basilio Gutierrez and his diplomatic staff were given 48 hours to leave Quito.

Cuban diplomats abandoned their Embassy building in Quito Friday after Ecuador ordered the expulsion of the entire Cuban diplomatic mission.

Noboa's government gave Cuba's diplomats 48 hours to leave Ecuador, though it did not provide an explanation.