Chile withdrew its ambassador from Venezuela prior to Nicolás Maduro’s takeover and accused him of “electoral fraud”

Chili announced this Tuesday that will withdraw its ambassador from Venezuela amid the escalation of tensions between the two countries ahead of the inauguration of Nicolás Maduro that will take place this Friday. He did so through a statement from his Foreign Ministry and accused the Venezuelan regime of “electoral fraud.”

According to the Chilean Foreign Ministry in a statement, the measure is due to the “evolution of events since the presidential elections of July 28, 2024”after which “Nicolás Maduro has assured that he will continue to be the president of that country from January 10, as a result of the electoral fraud perpetrated by his regime.”

Chile withdraws its ambassador from Venezuela

The president Gabriel Boric was one of the most critical voices in the region in the face of Maduro’s opaque victory in the July elections and Chile has repeatedly expressed the importance of The Venezuelan Electoral Council made the electoral records public.

The friction between the two made that Venezuela expelled all Chilean diplomatic personnel from its territory in Augustwhich deepened the distance between nations. “Chile hopes that Venezuela can return to the path of democracy and the promotion and protection of human rights, values ​​that are absent today in that brother country,” the statement added.

Although it does not recognize the result of the elections in the Caribbean country, the Chilean government has not recognized the opposition candidate either. Edmundo Gonzalez as the winner of the elections, since “it is not up to” the South American country to “announce or proclaim presidents,” said the presidential spokesperson, Aisen Etcheverry.

Nicolás Maduro accused the Argentine gendarme Nahuel Gallo of planning an attack against the vice president of Venezuela

Almost a month after the gendarme’s kidnapping Nahuel Gallo In Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro spoke for the first time about the case, accusing the Argentine of being part of a criminal plan and assured, without concrete evidence, that he entered the country to attack the life of Delcy Rodríguez, vice president of the regime..

In television statements, the president stated: “Some screamed, like the Argentines, but I can say it today: we were waiting for those people. Thank God, we always have to thank him, we have very good intelligence; They came from southern America with specific plans to try attempt on the life of Vice President Delcy Rodríguez”.

Venezuela broke diplomatic relations with Paraguay

From the decision of Paraguay to support Edmundo González Urrutia and consider him the winner of the July 28 elections, which proclaimed Nicolás Maduro president again although with multiple complaints 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, to break diplomatic relations with the Republic of Paraguay and to proceed with 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.