Brazil assumed the representation of Argentine interests in Caracas in August 2024, after that country’s diplomats were expelled from Venezuela due to the position adopted by the Government of Javier Milei after the presidential elections.
Brazil will no longer exercise custody of the Argentine Embassy in Venezuela and the representation of its interests in Venezuelan territory, sources from the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed the EFE agency this Saturday.
According to this same source, the decision has already been communicated to the Argentine Government and responds to a technical need to reorganize the diplomatic work of the Brazilian mission in the new political context of the country.
Brazil assumed the representation of Argentine interests in Caracas in August 2024, after that country’s diplomats were expelled from Venezuela due to the position adopted by the Government of Javier Milei after the presidential elections in which the victory was attributed to Nicolás Maduro without the disaggregated results of the election being presented.
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During this period, the Brazilian flag flew at the Argentine residence, safeguarding the interests of the Gaucho country. Five members of María Corina Machado’s team took refuge in this diplomatic facility, who reported being victims of harassment without the authorities in charge offering support.
Although Venezuela revoked the authorization it had given Brazil to represent Argentina, alleging that “terrorist” acts were being plotted at the residence, the Executive of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva clung to the Vienna conventions and announced that it would continue to represent Argentina until the Milei Government designated “another State acceptable” to the Venezuelan Executive.
The five refugees remained for 14 months inside the diplomatic headquarters, until in May 2025 they were extracted from the country towards the United States in an operation led by Washington.
With information from the EFE agency
*Journalism in Venezuela is carried out in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments in place to punish the word, especially the laws “against hate”, “against fascism” and “against the blockade.” This content was written taking into consideration the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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