Tonight, agents of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN) They surrounded the residence of the mother of Maria Corina MachadoVenezuelan opposition leader, in Caracas.
Machado denounced the siege through his account on Xdescribing the action as an act of intimidation. “They went back to my mom’s house tonight. “Cowards”wrote the opponent.
This event marks the second time in less than a week that SEBIN agents have besieged the home of Machado’s mother, increasing tensions amid the adverse political context facing the country.
Machado has repeatedly accused the regime of Maduro to employ harassment tactics against opponents and their families, denouncing these actions as attempts to intimidate the rise of their political leadership.
In an interview with Infobaethe anti-Chavista leader referred to the siege that her mother suffered a few days ago at her home in the Venezuelan capital: “These acts in the last few hours against my mother’s house, against the Argentine embassy under the protection of Brazil, the arrests that There have been in recent days, the most exorbitant threats, accusations, they must be interpreted for what they are: a sign of weakness of tyranny, which has deep tensions within the different groups that make it up and who understand that January 10 is an end point of a period from which the situation changes completely for everyone”.
Since last Wednesday, the regime Nicolas Maduro intensified the siege against six Venezuelan opponents who remain asylum in the embassy of Argentina in Caracasordering the water supply to the building to be cut off and blocking the entry of a drinking water tanker.
This Saturday, Pedro Urruchurtucollaborator of the opposition leader Maria Corina Machado refugee in the diplomatic headquarters since March, reported through his account in X that the water stored in the embassy’s tank finally ran out, aggravating conditions there.
“November 30/6:55 pm: A week of continuous siege of the Argentine Embassy in Caracas, in Brazilian custody, while officials remain outside. We are still without electricity and access to drinking water is prevented. The water tank has just been emptied, after rationing what was left”Urruchurtu denounced in his message.
The situation has generated widespread rejection by the Venezuelan opposition and international leaders. The Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) requested that the international community increase pressure on the regime to end the blockade of the embassy and allow the issuance of safe conduct for asylum seekers.
“The international community must press for an end to the criminal siege and the issuance of safe passage for the six companions sheltered there as soon as possible,” the PUD said in a statement released by X.
For its part, the party Vente Venezuela (VV)led by Machado, warned about the risks of accepting these actions of the Maduro regime. “Accepting these violations of international law creates a very dangerous precedent for the rest of the diplomatic headquarters in Caracas”they pointed out in X.
(With information from AFP and EFE)
