Caracas: A very strange case has come to light in Venezuela. You will also be surprised to hear about it. The Venezuelan government says that people living in the Argentine embassy in its country want to kill the President and Vice President. The government has said that Brazil will no longer be able to protect Argentina’s diplomatic interests in the country, due to which the anti-government people of Venezuela living in the Argentine embassy for months in the hope of asylum are in danger.
Venezuela’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday that it has informed Brazil about its decision, which will come into effect immediately. The ministry said that Venezuela was forced to take this step because it has received information that the people who have taken refuge in the Argentine embassy want to kill President Nicolas Maduro and Vice President Delcy Rodriguez and are plotting to carry out “terrorist” acts. This step of Venezuela is proof of the increasing bitterness between the two countries. The Argentine President had accused Maduro of rigging the presidential election held in Venezuela in July.
Maduro had won the recent election
The country’s election officials had declared Maduro the winner, but the opposition claimed that the majority of people were in its favor. Thousands of people were arrested in the country after the election. Magaly Menda, who was the election campaign chief of opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, is among those government opponents, whom Maduro’s chief prosecutor had ordered the arrest of in March, accusing them of promoting political violence. After this, Menda took refuge in the residence of the Argentine ambassador. Maduro had ended the country’s diplomatic relations with the right-wing government of Argentine President Javier Mailey, which had resorted to neighboring Brazil to protect its interests and protect refugees.
Armored vehicles parked outside the residence of the Argentine ambassador
Menda said through a post on social media that police armored vehicles have been parked outside the residence of the Argentine ambassador since Friday. Electricity has also been cut off at the diplomatic mission and raids could be conducted to arrest them and others who raise their voices against the government. After this, Argentina’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that any attempt to raid its ambassador’s residence and “kidnap” refugees would not be taken lightly.
