This was reported by the international coordinator of the opposition party Vente Venezuela, Pedro Urruchurtu. They also denounced the power cut to the diplomatic headquarters.
Venezuela continues with a climate of maximum political and social tensionIn the last few hours, the international coordinator of the Vente Venezuela (VV) party He reported, through his account on the social network X, that Security forces surrounded the Argentine embassy in Venezuela during Friday.
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“SEBIN and DAET patrols, together with hooded and armed officialssurround and besiege the Argentine Residence in Caracas,” Urrurchurtu explained. In the embassy there are refugees 6 Venezuelan opposition politiciansafter the Prosecutor’s Office accused them of several crimes, including conspiracy and treason.
The tense situation at the Argentine Embassy in Caracas
Pedro Urruchurtu, a member of the opposition party to the government of Nicolás Maduro, denounced that on Friday patrols of the Venezuelan security forces besieged the Argentine Residence in Caracas. Argentine consulate in Venezuela is currently under the custody and protection of the Brazilian governmentfollowing the strong tension that arose between Maduro and the Javier Milei administration.
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This is what the outside of the Argentine residence in Caracas, protected by Brazil, looks like. More patrols and hooded and armed SEBIN and DAET officials have arrived and are besieging the diplomatic headquarters, protected by international law.
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— Pedro Urruchurtu Noselli (@Urruchurtu) September 7, 2024
According to Urrurchurtu, the troops arrived at the Embassy at approximately 20:30 local time. In addition to the aforementioned international coordinator of VV, there are also at the embassy Magalli Medacampaign manager for the presidential elections; Claudia Maceroparty communications coordinator; Omar Gonzalez Morenoformer deputy; Humberto Villaloboselectoral coordinator of the VV Campaign Command, and the former minister Fernando Martinez Mottolawho acts as an advisor to the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD)the main opposition bloc to the Maduro government.
The episode outside the embassy happens shortly after the Argentine Foreign Ministry will urge the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue an arrest warrant against Ripe and other senior officials of the ruling administration, following what happened in the elections of July 28. “The Argentine Republic urges the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to request the Pre-Trial Chamber to issue arrest warrants against Nicolás Maduro and other leaders of the regime,” the official text detailed.
In addition, González Moreno also used his X account to report a power outage at the Argentine consular building.The electricity supply to the Argentine embassy in Caracas has been cut off and is currently under siege by SEBIN agents and other state security forces.“, the opponent said.
Nicolas Maduro crossed Javier Milei
In a new episode of the tense relationship between the presidents of Venezuela and Argentina, Nicolás Maduro crossed Javier Milei last Thursday and called him “moron” for criticizing his decision to bring forward Christmas. “He is Making life and Christmas miserable for Argentina and feels bitter because the people of Venezuela start partying on October 1st,” said the Venezuelan leader.
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Following the tension between the two leaders, a total of 14 Argentine diplomats had to leave the Embassy in Caracas on Thursday, August 1.
Maduro did not stop there and continued: “The idiot Milei comes out in Argentina protesting because Maduro brought forward Christmas. What does Milei have to do with Venezuela and Christmas?” The statements were made within the framework of the 2nd Venezuela-Colombia Binational Tourism Meeting.
Finally, Maduro counterattacked and criticized the libertarian economist for the repression against the retirees’ march last Wednesday.He, Milei, the one who orders the pensioners and the old people to be beaten upthe one that represses the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo and the closure and raid of the Mothers’ university,” he said.
Source: Ambito