The Ministry of Foreign Affairs estimates that it will accept 90% of the requests made to the Uruguayan Refugee Commission.
He Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRREE) confirmed that there are about 3,500 requests for political asylum by Venezuelans before the Refugee Commission of Uruguayof which it is estimated that 90% will be accepted in the first instance.
This Thursday, in dialogue with radio Sarandí, the Vice Chancellor Nicolás Albertoni reiterated his concern about the political crisis he is going through Venezuela After the elections of July 28, where the National Electoral Council (CNE), accused of being under the orbit of Chavismo, declared the current winner and re-elected President Nicolas Maduroamid accusations of fraud by the Venezuelan opposition and several countries.
“How we position ourselves and when we do it counts a lot. Yesterday we went to Senatethere is concern about what is happening in Venezuela“, said Albertoni when taking the floor.
At the beginning of August, Uruguay recognized the opposition candidate as the winner of the elections Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia. “The UN and the Carter Center They issued their opinions. We had an election and it is clear that the winner was Edmundo González,” said Albertoni.
“We have to follow the legal and formal steps. What certainty could the records have when twenty days have already passed?” added the Undersecretary of the MRREE with suspicion.
In this regard, Albertoni expressed concern about the human rights situation in the Caribbean country, and the reports of deaths in the various protests against the Bolivarian government. “There are deaths, the opposition has had an X put on their houses,” the diplomat lamented.
There are about 8,000 Uruguayans in Venezuela
Albertoni, who pointed out a day ago that diplomatic relations with Venezuela were in “a gray” after Maduro ordered the immediate departure of the Uruguayan representatives in Caracassaid that this affects both Uruguayans in Venezuela like the Venezuelans in Uruguay.
“We have between 37,000 Venezuelans here and 8,000 Uruguayans there, they are the ones who suffer,” he said, referring to the escalation of diplomatic tension between the two nations in recent months.
Source: Ambito
