Siege of the Argentine Ambassador's residence in Venezuela
The siege of the Argentine Ambassador's residence in Venezuela were two non-consecutive sieges that occurred from July 30 to September 1, 2024, and from September 7 to 8, 2024, by the government of Nicolás Maduro in the context of the Venezuelan post-electoral crisis.
Since the embassy accepted as asylum seekers six political dissidents linked to opposition leader María Corina Machado, the electricity supply was cut off.[1] On July 30, Pedro Urruchurtu, a political asylum seeker, reported a siege of the place,[2] which ceased after the breakdown of relations between the two countries, the expulsion of Argentine diplomats and the transfer of control to Brazil.
When Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced his decision to "immediately and unilaterally" revoke Brazil's permission to guard the embassy, which it had held since August 1, "patrols by Venezuelan intelligence services and security forces surrounding the official building in Caracas" were again reported, this time in a formal complaint by the Argentine Foreign Ministry.[3] After the exile the next day of presidential candidate Edmundo González, who was in the Spanish embassy and is recognized by Argentina as president-elect, the electricity supply was restored and the siege was ended.[4]
These events had wide repercussions in the region; they were condemned by Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Paraguay, Peru, the United States and Uruguay, who expressed solidarity with Argentina.
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- ↑ Criales, José Pablo (2024-03-27). "El Gobierno argentino acoge a seis opositores venezolanos en su Embajada de Caracas". El País (in español). Retrieved 2024-09-08.
- ↑ "El enviado de Lula en Caracas intenta una mediación por los asilados en la Embajada: cortaron la luz y el agua". La Política Online (in español).
- ↑ "Tensión en Caracas: Argentina advirtió a Venezuela por cualquier intento de intromisión en su Embajada". infobae (in español). 2024-09-07. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
- ↑ "Gobierno de Maduro cesa el asedio y restituye servicio eléctrico en Embajada de Argentina".
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