The siege continues at the Argentine Embassy in Caracas
Pedro Urruchurtu, one of the six opponents sheltered in the official residence of the Argentine Embassy in Caracas, denounced this Tuesday that, for the third consecutive day, The siege continues around the property by state security agents.
«The siege continues outside the official residence of the Argentine Embassy in Caracas, protected by Brazil, with regime security forces«, he expressed in a message published in X.
He also assured that the diplomatic compound is still without electricity. «There have already been more than 60 hours of continuous siege«he added.
On Saturday, the Argentine Foreign Ministry denounced “acts of harassment and intimidation” against its embassy and demanded that Venezuela issue “the necessary safe conduct” so that the opposition taking refuge in the diplomatic headquarters can leave the country.
“The deployment of armed troops, the closure of streets around our embassy and other maneuvers constitute a disturbance of security,” the Argentine Foreign Ministry said in a statement, which has also reported power cuts.
November 26, 8AM: The siege continues outside the official residence of the Argentine Embassy in Caracas, protected by Brazil, with regime security forces. The diplomatic compound is still without electricity.
There have already been more than 60 hours of continuous siege.
— Pedro Urruchurtu Noselli (@Urruchurtu) November 26, 2024
Government denies siege against Argentine Embassy
The Minister of the Interior of Venezuela, Diosdado Cabello, denied this Monday that authorities besieged the Argentine Embassy in Caracas, after the government of Javier Milei denounced “harassment” against the diplomatic headquarters.
«Javier Milei is the fascist who governs Argentina. “I don’t know what he calls someone being harassed in his embassy, I don’t know, I really don’t know what he accuses us of now,” Cabello said at the weekly press conference of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV).
“Let them pay for the electricity, let them pay for the services, we are not going to give them anything,” Minister Cabello ironically said.
The official stated that “impunity is over in Venezuela” in reference to Machado, whom he described as a “terrorist” and who is in hiding after denouncing fraud in the re-election of Nicolás Maduro on July 28.
Who are the opponents who take refuge in the Argentine Embassy in Caracas?
Since August, the Argentine Embassy in Caracas remains under the protection of Brazil – after the expulsion of the diplomats from the southern country -, even though the government of Nicolás Maduro revoked this authorization in September due to the alleged planning of terrorist acts at the headquarters. by the asylum seekers.
The six opponents took refuge in March after the Prosecutor’s Office accused them of crimes such as conspiracy and treason.
In addition to Urruchurtu, there are also Magalli Meda, who was the campaign manager for the presidential elections; Claudia Macero, VV Communications Coordinator; Omar González, former deputy; Humberto Villalobos, electoral coordinator of the VV Campaign Command, and former minister Fernando Martínez Mottola, advisor to the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), the largest opposition bloc.
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