Argentina’s ‘Maduro punishment’ statement,
seems to have increased pressure on the embassy in retaliation ,
Police guarding the Argentine Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela on the 7th (local time). AP News,
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, ‘Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who is suspected of fraudulent elections, has launched a comprehensive pressure campaign to capture opposition figures hiding in the Argentine Embassy in his own country. The Maduro government stirred up diplomatic friction by stripping Brazil’s jurisdiction over its own embassy in Argentina. A political leader who ran as an opposition representative in the presidential election has urgently sought refuge in Spain.’,
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, ‘The Venezuelan Foreign Ministry issued a statement on the 7th (local time) stating that they had found evidence that opposition figures were planning an assassination attempt against President Maduro and Vice President Delcy Rodriguez within the Argentine Embassy, and suspended the jurisdiction of the Argentine Embassy controlled by Brazilian authorities.’,
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, ‘The Argentine Embassy in Caracas has provided protection for six opposition figures for as long as six months. Magaly Meda, a former election campaign chairman for opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, has been hiding here since being issued an arrest warrant for inciting political violence in March.’,
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, ‘Previously, Venezuela expelled Argentine diplomats after President Javier Milei of Argentina raised ‘irregularities in the vote counting’ in the presidential election held on July 28. Subsequently, Argentina temporarily delegated embassy management authority to Brazil, allowing Brazilian authorities to oversee the embassy building, internal records, and protection of Venezuelan politicians, among other things.’,
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, ‘Venezuelan government agents were deployed around the Argentine Embassy on the same day. A member of the opposition party of Maria Machado, opposition leader Benede Venezuela, posted a related video on Ex claiming that government agents had been arriving around the Argentine Embassy. Politician Omar Gonzalez Moreno of Benede Venezuela posted a photo on Ex showing a vehicle marked with ‘SEBIN’ (Venezuelan Intelligence Agency) parked near the embassy.’,
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, ‘The Associated Press interpreted that Venezuela has raised the pressure on the embassy as a retaliatory measure for Argentina’s statement demanding punishment for President Maduro. The day before, Diana Mondino, Argentina’s Foreign Minister, connected Venezuela’s presidential election vote to humanitarian crimes and suggested that the International Criminal Court (ICC) issue an arrest warrant for President Maduro.’,
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, ‘With Venezuela eagerly eyeing entry into the Argentine Embassy, a diplomatic conflict seems inevitable.’,
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, ‘The Argentine Foreign Ministry issued a statement on this day stating, “Attempts by (Venezuela) to attack the embassy and abduct asylum seekers will be condemned by the international community.”‘,
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, ‘Even the Brazilian government, which has been classified as a ‘friend’ of the Maduro government, expressed reluctance by having the embassy’s management rights revoked as a ‘sudden notification.’ The Brazilian Foreign Ministry released a press statement saying that according to the Vienna Convention, they would protect the embassy until another country could fully manage the embassy in Caracas.’,
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, ‘According to the multilateral diplomatic treaty, the Vienna Convention signed in 1961, the receiving country of the embassy cannot enter the embassy without the consent of the host country.’,
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, ‘In this situation, former opposition candidate for the presidential election, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who ran as a candidate for the Democratic Unity Roundtable (PUD), sought asylum in Spain.’,
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, ‘Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez stated, “Opposition member Gonzalez Urrutia, who had been voluntarily living in the Spanish Embassy in Caracas for a few days, left the country and requested political asylum from that government.” Vice President Rodriguez said they allowed his departure “for the peace and tranquility of the homeland.”‘,
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, ‘Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Alvarez announced via Ex that Gonzalez Urrutia had flown to Spain on a Spanish Air Force aircraft “as he requested.” He said, “The Spanish government promises to protect the political rights and physical integrity of all Venezuelans.”‘,
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