In the midst of the siege of Venezuelan opponents sheltered in the Argentine Embassy in Caracas, Nicolas Maduro ordered to cut the water of the national diplomatic residence. In addition, they prohibited the entry of a drinking water tanker. This is a decision that takes the harassment against Corina Machado’s campaign team leaders to the extreme.
This morning, Pedro Urruchurtu, an opposition leader sheltered in the Argentine Embassy, had reported another episode of harassment in his X. He has been doing it daily for a week, almost in chronic form, to leave a record of Maduro’s actions. “November 27, 8AM: It’s already +85 hours of continuous siege to the residence of the Argentine Embassy in Caracas, protected by Brazil, with the presence of regime officials on the outskirts. They are also +36 hours without electrical service since the fuses were removed“, the Venezuelan leader narrated this morning.
Urruchurtu published this from the Argentine Embassy, where he has been under guard since March along with five leaders of the campaign command of María Corina Machado, leader of the opposition to Chavismo. This week, that resistance added new chapters. The Bolivarian Government once again carried out a siege on the headquarters of the Argentine residence to harass the asylum seekers.
“Not content with maintaining the police siege (+90 hours) outside the residence of the Argentine Embassy in Caracas, protected by Brazil, and with having cut off the electricity (+40 hours), now the regime prohibits the entry of a tanker truck with drinking water,” explained one of the leaders sheltered in the Argentine diplomatic residence.
At this time, Machado’s campaign command team is without electricity and water. The Government ordered to cut off the service and, in addition, they removed the fuses. “There is a lot of worry because we know what the regime is like does not respect human rights or international conventions. They cut off the electricity service for more than 36 hours, but they also took out the electric rifles, that is, they are harassing them, they want to cause them terror,” he explained to Infobae Adriana MárquezCorina Machado’s representative in Argentina, who is in permanent contact with her party command in Caracas. “They are waiting and there is concern about the risk where they are,” added the Venezuelan leader.
The weekend was marked by harassment against the Argentine embassy, which since August was under protection of Brazil. On Sunday night, a group of Bolivarian security patrols surrounded the residence of the Argentine diplomatic headquarters in the charming Las Mercedes neighborhood of Caracas. Urruchurtu reported the situation instantly. Along with him are also a group of close militants of the opposition leader, to the point that there is her campaign manager, Magali Meda. The other four Vlz militants are Humberto Villalobos, Claudia Macero, Omar Gonzalez y Fernando Martínez.
In this framework, the Government of Javier Milei applies diplomatic efforts to obtain safe conduct permits that make it possible for asylum seekers to leave under protection. Chavismo has systematically denied that possibility since March. Gerardo Wertheinchancellor, is aware of the issue and moves with diplomatic caution to avoid shocks that could further exasperate the tension. Analyze the situation in Caracas together with Eduardo Bustamantevice chancellor, Ricardo LachtermanChief of Staff. While he also provides his perspective, in a reserved way, Andrés Mangiarottiwho was charge d’affaires in Venezuela until Chavismo demanded that the Argentine delegation withdraw.
chavismo pressed to the Planalto on repeated occasions so that its representatives leave the diplomatic headquarters that they have in custody. The operation was unsuccessful. Despite the tension between Lula and Milei, Brazil is currently taking care of the Argentine Embassy in Caracas.
Venezuela not only expelled Argentine diplomats from Caracas in August, but also prevented the six asylum seekers in the embassy from leaving together with the national delegation. The Foreign Ministry insists that Chavismo grant safe passage for Machado’s militants, which is something protected by international law. Maduro rejects that possibility.
