According to CNN Brasil, last weekend, agents of Nicolás Maduro’s government only allowed the entry of water, but not other supplies, to opposition leaders who are sheltering in the Argentine embassy. It added that the situation was resolved after Brazilian government officials spoke with members of the Venezuelan administration regarding the entry of food.
Officials from Nicolás Maduro’s government prevented food from entering the Argentine embassy for at least a day last weekend, when the diplomatic headquarters was the target of a siege by police agents and the Bolivarian Intelligence Service.
The information was published by the media CNN Brazilciting a source who followed the negotiations to end the harassment of the Argentine embassy, which since the beginning of August has been guarded and represented by Brazil. The newspaper recalled that six opposition leaders, who are part of the team of the leader of this political sector, María Corina Machado, have been sheltered in the Argentine embassy since March, when the Public Prosecutor’s Office issued an arrest warrant against them, as well as presidential candidate Edmundo González.
According to CNN, last weekend Maduro government agents only allowed the entry of water, but not other supplies, to asylum seekers. It added that the situation was resolved after Brazilian government interlocutors held talks with members of the Venezuelan administration regarding the entry of food.
The revelation adds to the claim by asylum opponents that the power was cut off at the diplomatic headquarters during the police presence in front of the Argentine diplomatic residence, it said, noting that this had already happened before and led the Argentine government to remind Venezuela of the obligation of the State that receives diplomatic missions to safeguard them from “invasions or damage and preserve their tranquility and dignity.”
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On Friday, September 6, Venezuela unofficially informed Brazil that it had withdrawn the authorization to provide custody to the Argentine embassy in Caracas. The official revocation reached Itamaraty on Saturday, September 7.
In response, Brazil expressed the need to designate another country to assume the Argentine representation in Venezuela and that this responsibility will only be transferred when this replacement is made official. The Venezuelan government, meanwhile, has claimed to have “proof” that the Argentine diplomatic headquarters is being used to plan “terrorist activities” and “assassination attempts” against Maduro and the Venezuelan vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, by asylum seekers.
The police siege of the embassy occupied by Brazil began on Friday night and lasted until Saturday, when González, who was in the Spanish embassy, decided to leave the country and received a safe-conduct pass from the Venezuelan government.
In an interview with CNN, González’s lawyer, José Vicente Haro, said that the police siege of the Argentine embassy was what led the opposition leader to decide to leave Venezuela, against his will.
The six Venezuelan opposition members remain in the Argentine embassy in Brazil. Argentina has been seeking safe passage out of the country since March, but has since been denied by the Maduro government.
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