Edmundo González sees with great concern the siege of refugees at the Argentine Embassy
Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia stated today, in an interview with Efe, that he sees with “great concern” the siege that refugees are suffering in the Argentine Embassy in Venezuela and considered that these measures demonstrate the “little democratic spirit” by Nicolás Maduro.
In the first interview given to a Spanish media, González Urrutia said that the situation in the embassy “is absolutely illogical, with electricity cuts, water supply cuts and surveillance that prevents them from accessing the supply.”
Six Venezuelan opponents took refuge in the Argentine Embassy, guarded by Brazil, in March after the country’s Prosecutor’s Office accused them of crimes such as conspiracy and treason.
“I understand that (the situation) is easing, but until last night or even yesterday there were electricity outages and that says little about the democratic nature of the (Maduro) regime,” he said.
Edmundo González, who arrived in Madrid in September to request political asylum after denouncing electoral fraud in his country, celebrated that there have already been reactions from some governments “that have called for these measures to cease, which are not at all acceptable in terms of international law”.
The Venezuelan opponent hoped that the situation in Caracas will not reproduce what happened in Ecuador in April, when the police entered the Mexican Embassy in Quito, where Jorge Glas, former vice president with Rafael Correa (2007-2017), had taken refuge.
This entry, according to González Urrutia, “was completely repudiated by the international community,” as he hopes would happen if the Venezuelan security forces entered the Argentine embassy.
The campaign team of the majority opposition in Venezuela requested on Sunday that safe passage be issued “as soon as possible” for the six opponents, who have denounced a police “siege.”
Among them is Pedro Urruchurtu, International coordinator of Vente Venezuela (VV), and Magalli Meda, Humberto Villalobos, Claudia Macero and Omar González, from the campaign team of the opposition leader María Corina Machado.
I alert the world of what may happen to fellow refugees in the Argentine Embassy in Caracas.
They are being besieged by hooded people. https://t.co/Zbf0gQndQf— Edmundo González (@EdmundoGU) November 23, 2024
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