The decision of the Nicolás Maduro regime came after Santiago Peña considered Edmundo González Urrutia as the legitimate winner of the last elections.
From the decision of Paraguay to support Edmundo González Urrutia and consider him the winner of the July 28 elections, which proclaimed Nicolas Maduro president again although with multiple allegations of fraud, Venezuela decided to break diplomatic relations with the country led by Santiago Peña.
The decision of the Maduro regime was made official through a statement where it reported: “Venezuela has decided, in full exercise of its sovereignty, break diplomatic relations with the Republic of Paraguay and proceed to the immediate withdrawal of its diplomatic personnel accredited in the country”. The text released by the Foreign Ministry came out in reaction to a telephone conversation in which Peña expressed his support for González Urrutia.
In the same statement, the Venezuelan government emphasized that they “categorically reject the statements of the president of Paraguay, Santiago Peña” and accused him of “ignoring international law and the principle of non-intervention.” In that sense, they pointed out that the president “relapses into a failed practice that recalls the political fantasies of the extinct Lima Group with its ridiculous adventure called Guaidó.” This last fragment alludes to the opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who at the time received the support of the Asunción government, then headed by Mario Abdo Benítez (2019-2023), to head a symbolic interim government.
In response to Venezuela’s decision, the Paraguayan government demanded Ambassador Ricardo Capella and the rest of the diplomatic staff in Caracas leave the country in the next 48 hours.
The diplomatic relationship between Venezuela and Paraguay breaks down again
The crossing arose after Peña announced through X that he had had a conversation with González Urrutia, whom he considered the “winner” of the last elections, and assured that he is committed to helping restore democracy in Venezuela.
He highlighted the “need for the region to unite to work for absolute respect for the popular will and to prevent authoritarian regimes from remaining in force” and reaffirmed his support “for democracy and the victory of González Urrutia as president” of Venezuela.
The diplomatic relationship between both countries had already been broken in 2019 when Benítez announced the closure of his embassy in Caracas, after Maduro assumed his second term in government after an electoral process that Asunción called “illegitimate.”
Upon his arrival to the government, Peña had reestablished ties with Venezuela, although now he has once again withdrawn the diplomatic corps from the country.
After international questions about Maduro’s proclamation, the Venezuelan regime withdrew diplomatic personnel from Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, Dominican Republic and Uruguay.
Source: Ambito
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