Six Venezuelan opposition politicians are sheltering inside the consulate. In response, the Brazilian Foreign Ministry assured that it will maintain “the custody and defense of Argentine interests.”
After several clashes between the presidents Nicolas Maduro and Javier Mileithe Venezuelan government revoked this Saturday the permit that enabled Brazil to guard the Argentine Embassy in the city of Caracas. Through an official statement, the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry said that the measure was taken due to “the evidence that is available on the use of the facilities of that diplomatic mission for the planning of terrorist activities and assassination attempts“.
In the last few hours, the international coordinator of the opposition party Vente Venezuela (VV) He reported, through his account on the social network X, that Security forces surrounded the Argentine embassy in Venezuela on Friday. For its part, Brazil announced that it will not comply with the order.
The conflict over the Argentine Embassy
The Venezuelan government’s measure was announced after opposition members reported episodes of “siege” outside the Argentine diplomatic headquarters. Pedro Urruchurtu, VV’s international coordinator, reported through his X account that “patrols from SEBIN and DAET, together with “hooded and armed officials” surrounded the Argentine Residence in Caracas on Friday night. Currently, there are six politicians related to the opposition party sheltering inside the Consulate.
The beginning of the official document reads: “The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has made the decision to revoke, immediately, the approval granted to the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil to exercise the representation of the interests of the Argentine Republic and its nationals in Venezuelan territory, as well as the custody of the premises of the diplomatic mission, including its assets and archives, as announced in the joint statement dated August 5, 2024.”
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil said that both Brazil and Argentina were notified of the measure through “diplomatic channels.” In the text, the Venezuelan government assured that the administration was forced to make the decision “motivated by evidence of the use of the diplomatic mission’s facilities for planning terrorist activities and assassination attempts against the Constitutional President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros, and against the Executive Vice President, Delcy Rodríguez Gómez, by the fugitives from Venezuelan justice who remain inside.”
Brazil’s response
Following the decision of the Maduro government, Brazil issued a statement released by its Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In it, the Brazilian authorities detailed that they received “with surprise the communication from the Venezuelan government, which intends to revoke its consent for Brazil to protect Argentina’s interests in Venezuela”.
In light of this, the administration headed by the president Lula Da Silva They pointed out that will not give rise to the order. “In accordance with the Vienna Conventions on Diplomatic Relations and Consular Relations, Brazil will remain under the custody and defense of Argentine interests until the Argentine government indicates another State acceptable to the Venezuelan government to exercise the aforementioned functions,” they detailed.
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From the Argentine Foreign Ministry they thanked “commitment and responsibility” from Brazil for “ensuring the custody of Argentine properties” in Venezuela. In addition, the Argentine government demanded the well-being of the “persecuted” inside the Consulate and announced that any attempt to interfere in the diplomatic headquarters will be condemned “harshly by the international community“.
In this way, the Argentine response also insisted that the Maduro government must comply with the international treaties. “The Argentine Republic rejects this unilateral measure and warns the Venezuelan Government that it must respect the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, which enshrines the inviolability of mission premises”.
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