CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's government has revoked permission for Brazil to serve as custodian of Argentina's diplomatic missions in the country, alleging several anti-government opponents holed up for months in the Argentine ambassador's r
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela's government has revoked permission for Brazil to serve as custodian of Argentina's diplomatic missions in the country, alleging several anti-government opponents holed up for months in the Argentine ambassador's residence had been plotting terrorist acts from the compound.
In a statement Saturday, Venezuela's foreign ministry said it had notified Brazil of its decision, which will take effect immediately. It said it was forced to take action based on what it called evidence — which it hasn't shared — that those who sought refuge in Argentina's diplomatic mission were plotting.
Magalli Meda, the former campaign chief of opposition leader María Corina Machado, was among a half dozen government opponents who fled to the Argentina ambassador’s residence after Maduro’s chief prosecutor in March issued an order for her arrest for allegedly propagating destabilizing, political violence.
In retaliation, Maduro broke off diplomatic relations with Argentine President Javier Milei’s right-wing government, which tapped neighbor Brazil to represent its interests and safeguard the asylum seekers.Since Friday, armored vehicles from the SEBIN political police have been parked outside the Argentina ambassador’s residence in a leafy Caracas neighborhood.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Major power outage hits Venezuela’s capital Caracas, with Maduro government blaming ‘sabotage’Freddy Nanez, the communications minister, characterized the outage as a ‘desperate’ attempt by Maduro’s opponents to violently oust the president
Read more »
Venezuela revokes Brazil's custody of diplomatic mission housing six Maduro opponentsCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's government has revoked permission for Brazil to serve as custodian of Argentina's diplomatic missions in the country, alleging several anti-government opponents holed up for months in the Argentine ambassador's r
Read more »
Venezuela revokes Brazil's custody of diplomatic mission housing six Maduro opponentsCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's government has revoked permission for Brazil to serve as custodian of Argentina's diplomatic missions in the country, alleging several anti-government opponents holed up for months in the Argentine ambassador's r
Read more »
President Maduro suspends X social network in Venezuela for 10 days after exchange with Elon MuskCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Nicolás Maduro said he has ordered a 10-day block on access to X in Venezuela, accusing the owner Elon Musk of using the ...
Read more »
Venezuela's Maduro signs decree blocking X access in country for 10 daysVenezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday said he had signed a decree to block access to social media platform X for 10 days.
Read more »
Venezuela's Maduro signs decree blocking X access for 10 daysVenezuela's President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday said he has signed a resolution to block access to social media platform X in the country for 10 days.
Read more »