The Argentine diplomatic residence in Caracas, the place 5 members of the Venezuelan opposition are staying to keep away from arrest, has grow to be a “jail,” one opposition member staying there mentioned on Saturday.
The residence has been with out energy for greater than a month, Magalli Meda, adviser to opposition chief Maria Corina Machado, mentioned on X.
“It’s a violation of our human rights. It’s grow to be an embassy jail,” she wrote.
The Venezuelan authorities claims the facility minimize got here after the residence didn’t pay the electrical energy invoice. The opposition members have been holed up within the residence since warrants have been issued for his or her arrest in March.
In July, Venezuela held contested presidential elections through which each President Nicolas Maduro and the opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez claimed victory. The opposition has introduced detailed vote counts in its favor, whereas Maduro has not.
Gonzalez has since fled to Spain, whereas Machado, who was barred from operating within the July election, is in hiding.
Argentina and Peru backed the opposition’s election win, inflicting diplomatic friction with the Maduro authorities. Brazil has since taken over operations of each nations’ embassies in Venezuela.
“No ambassador has come to this embassy. Not one. Have they tried? Certainly some would have wished to,” Meda mentioned.
Venezuela and Argentina are at present in a diplomatic feud over the detention of an Argentine safety officer in Venezuela earlier this month.
The Argentine authorities claims that the person traveled to go to household there, whereas the Maduro administration has accused him of forming a part of a right-wing terrorist plot towards the federal government.
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