The Venezuelan opposition has launched an “alert” on Wednesday due to the early morning arrival of more than twenty members of the security forces in the vicinity of the Argentine Embassy in Caracas, where a “state of siege” has been applied to pressure the six people who took refuge in the face of the post-election repression.
Both MarÃa Corina Machado and her substitute in the last presidential elections, Edmundo González, have warned on social networks of the “harassment” initiated by these agents, who have even given “instructions” regarding “an eventual entry into the diplomatic headquarters.” They have accused them of generating “anxiety and terror.”
“These actions by the regime intensify a state of siege in this area of ​​Caracas, against the asylum seekers and the neighbouring houses, all victims of the siege and violence by these organisations,” the opposition have lamented, also recalling that Chavismo had already restricted electricity and water.
According to Machado and González, “the regime (of Nicolás Maduro) has turned the diplomatic residence into a prison, in front of the eyes of the world, violating all international agreements.” For this reason, they have “urgently” asked the governments of Argentina and Brazil to intervene and dedicate “all their efforts” to finding safe-conduct passes for the six opponents.
However, for now the Maduro government has not shown signs of giving in and last week the Minister of the Interior, Diosdado Cabello, went so far as to say that if the Embassy is running out of supplies it is because they are not being paid for and ruled out “giving anything away.”
