Venezuela has severed diplomatic relations with Paraguay. This decision is a response to the support of the opposition of Venezuela, the President of Paraguay, Santiago Pena.
In response to this decision, Caracas authorities in Asuncion expelled Venezuelan diplomats, Reuters reports.
A day ago, the president of Paraguay, Santiago Pena, supported the Venezuelan opposition.
The severance of diplomatic ties comes days before Nicolás Maduro is to be sworn in for a third term as Venezuela’s president, scheduled for Friday following disputed July elections. Both he and former opposition candidate Edmundo González consider them victorious.
González continues his political fight against the Maduro regime, which he accuses among others. about falsification of presidential election results, usurpation of power and large amount of money laundering.
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On Saturday he visited Argentina, which supports him, on Monday he was received at the White House by President Joe Biden and is in contact with associates of Donald Trump.
The breakdown of diplomatic relations came days before the inauguration of Nicolás MaduroMIGUEL GUTIERREZ/PAP/EPA.
Venezuela has cut off diplomatic relations
The president of Paraguay is one of the few world leaders – along with US President Joe Biden – who consider Gonzalez to be the elected president of Venezuela. On Sunday, he posted on the X platform that he spoke with González via video link and promised to help restore democracy in Venezuela.
The second country with which Venezuela cut diplomatic ties due to the dispute over the results of the presidential election is Peru.
“Venezuela has decided to terminate diplomatic relations with the Republic of Peru (…) after the inappropriate statement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru, which does not take into account the will of the Venezuelan people,” wrote the head of the Venezuelan diplomacy. , Ivan Gil Pinto, on the 10th of July.
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