The governments of Peru, Chile and Uruguay spoke out after the decision Venezuela’s decision to withdraw all diplomatic personnel from its missions in those countries, as well as in four others, in rejection of interventionist statements regarding the presidential elections of July 28.
In it release Released by Foreign Minister Yván Gil, Venezuela demanded that the governments of those countries, as well as those of Argentina, Costa Rica, Panama and the Dominican Republic, “immediately withdraw their representatives from Venezuelan territory.”
Faced with the interventionist statements of these governments, the Venezuelan authorities rejected them and described them as “subordinate to Washington and openly committed to the most sordid ideological postulates of international fascism, trying to re-establish the failed and defeated Lima Group, which seeks to ignore the election results.”
The Peruvian Foreign Ministry issued a statement in which it reported that Foreign Minister Javier González-Olaechea instructed Venezuelan diplomats to leave the country within 72 hours.
For its part, the Chilean Foreign Ministry also published a statement indicating that it will take the same measure to force Venezuelan diplomatic personnel to withdraw from that nation.
Chile’s Interior Minister Carolina Tohá said on Monday that Venezuela’s decision was “worrying,” while President Gabriel Boric said the measure was based on “a series of implausible arguments.”
In turn, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay published a press release regretting the decision of the Venezuelan government, describing it as “unjustified and disproportionate.”
In Sunday’s elections, the president Nicolas Maduro won the election for a new term (2025-2031) with 51.2% of the votes, according to the first bulletin issued by the National Electoral Council (CNE).
