Venezuela moves to strip citizenship from actress Maria Conchita Alonso

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FILE - In this July 7, 2010 file photo, Cuban-born actress Maria Conchita Alonso poses for a portrait in Los Angeles, California. Venezuela\'s authorities announced on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014, that they began proceedings to revoke Alonso\'s Venezuelan citizenship. Alonso, who was born in Cuba and moved to Venezuela at age 5, was a strong critic of the government of Venezuela\'s late President Hugo Chavez. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela’s leftist government says its moving to revoke the citizenship of actress Maria Conchita Alonso, a bitter critic of the government.

The country’s foreign ministry announced in the official gazette that it would ask a judge to remove her Venezuelan nationality.

The actress was born in Cuba but her family brought her to Venezuela when she was 5 to avoid the Communist government there. She won beauty contests and starred in televisions series in Venezuela before emigrating to the United States and starring in Hollywood productions such as “Moscow on the Hudson” and “Predator 2.”

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