The declaration was issued by Democratic Initiative of Spain and the Americas (IDEA-Democratica)an ad hoc forum made up of former Heads of State and Government that, from civil society and at the seat of international public opinion, analyzes the political processes of the continent.
Harsh statement by Mauricio Macri against Venezuela
The published text is titled “Declaration of alert to the international community, the government of Brazil, the Vatican and the International Committee of the Red Cross regarding the asylum seekers of the Argentine Embassy in Caracas” and denounces arbitrariness on the part of the Venezuelan government.
In it, the signatories also warn about the situation of the immediate collaborators of the opposition leader María Corina Machado, “who are prevented from receiving vital and medical services.”
“Confirming that, like her mother, Corina Parisca de Machado, all are victims of State terrorism practices as described by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, being executed by the regime of Nicolás Maduro and his minister of interior, Diosdado Cabello”, he assures.
At the same time, the document maintains that “having considered that, broken as diplomatic relations have been between the governments of Argentina and the Venezuelan dictatorship, the Federative Republic of Brazil agreed to take charge of the former’s businesses and interests in Venezuela, and the Its government, as stipulated in the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, has the duty to respect and protect the diplomatic headquarters in question.
“We observe the attempt to transform the Argentine embassy into another prison for the Venezuelan regime, which seriously violates the foundations of international and humanitarian law,” the writing states.
In another passage, the former heads of state ask the president of Brazil, Luiz Inàcio Lula da Silva“firm action in this regard, as well as to governments and international organizations with diplomatic representations accredited in Venezuela.”
“We request the Apostolic Nuncio of His Holiness in Caracas and the International Committee of the Red Cross to assume the duties of humanitarian protection that correspond to them in the case, given that those asylum seekers in the Argentine embassy are being treated as prisoners of the Venezuelan State and of members of his dictatorial regime,” the letter concludes.
In addition to Mauricio Macrithe other leaders who signed the declaration are Mario AbdoParaguay; Oscar AriasCosta Rica; José María AznarSpain; Felipe CalderonMexico; Rafael Angel CalderonCosta Rica; Ivan DuqueColombia; Laura ChinchillaCosta Rica; Alfredo CristianiEl Salvador; Vincent FoxMexico; Federico Franco, Paraguay; Eduardo FreiChili; Osvaldo HurtadoEcuador; Luis Alberto Lacalle H., Uruguay; Guillermo LassoEcuador; Mauricio MacriArgentina; Jamil MahuadEcuador; Hipolito MejiaDominican Republic; Carlos Mesa G.Bolivia; Lenin MorenoEcuador; Mireya MoscosoPanama Andrés Pastrana, Colombia; Ernesto Pérez BalladaresPanama; Jorge Tuto QuirogaBolivia; Mariano RajoySpain; Miguel Ángel Rodríguez E.Costa Rica; Julio María SanguinettiUruguay; Luis Guillermo SolisCosta Rica; Álvaro Uribe V.Colombia; and Juan Carlos WasmosyParaguay.
Tension between Argentina and Venezuela
The relationship between Argentina and Venezuela is going through one of its most critical moments. The situation escalated after Javier Milei did not recognize the controversial triumph of Nicolás Maduro. Then, National diplomacy abandoned the Argentine Embassy building in Caracas and assigned its custody to Brazilian authorities.
In September, the Venezuelan government itself revoked permission for Brazil to manage the building, where political refugees opposed to Maduro live.
One of them, Pedro Urruchurtu Noselli, warned that at 6:55 p.m. on November 30, after “a week of continuous siege of the Argentine Embassy in Caracas,” the building continued “without electricity and prevented access to drinking water.” “The water tank has just been emptied, after rationing what was left,” he remarked.
Weeks ago, the Foreign Ministry reported that Hooded agents of the Maduro regime began to surround the Argentine embassy in Venezuela. According to the activist Pedro Urruchurtu Noselliofficials from the Directorate of Strategic and Tactical Actions of the Bolivarian National Police Corps (DAET) and the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN) were present with long weapons.
In the letter, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship detailed: ”The Argentine Republic condemns the acts of harassment and intimidation against asylum seekers at the Argentine Embassy in Caracascurrently under the diplomatic protection of the Brazilian government.
Source: Ambito
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