Venezuelan Vice President Ramon Carrizalez has left the government, reportedly citing personal reasons. "The President of the Republic... accepted the resignation that was presented for strictly personal reasons by Vice President Ramon Carrizalez," Communications Minister Blanca Eekhout said in a statement on state television, Reuters reported.
The vice president, who also held the defense ministry portfolio, stepped down from that post as well.
Carrizalez previously served as infrastructure minister and housing minister.
State-backed news network Telesur said Carrizalez's wife, Environment Minister Yuviri Ortega, had also stepped down, but the network claimed there was no link between the decision and any differences she had with the government