The embassy of the self-proclaimed Venezuelan government in America is closed.
After the dissolution of the self-proclaimed government supported by Washington in Venezuela, the embassy of this self-proclaimed government in America was closed.
Following the dissolution of the self-proclaimed government of the self-proclaimed president of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, the embassy of this country in Washington DC announced the suspension of its activities.
According to CNN, the Venezuelan opposition announced in a statement yesterday (Friday): “We inform the Venezuelan community in the United States and the general public that the Venezuelan Embassy in the United States and all its officials on Thursday, January 5, 2023 They officially stopped their activities.”
“We deeply regret the impact this decision may have on our Venezuelan citizens in the United States,” the statement continued.
A source close to the Venezuelan embassy told CNN that all the officials who work in the Venezuelan embassy in the United States and the country’s representation in the Organization of American States will remain in the United States because they are worried that they will be questioned by the government of Nicolás Maduro. be the president of Venezuela.
Last week, Venezuela’s opposition voted to dissolve its self-proclaimed interim government to end the leadership of Juan Guaidó, the pro-Western opponent of Nicolas Maduro.
It was the second and final vote this year to determine the fate of the interim government, which has lost influence in recent years as Maduro stayed in power, Guaidó failed to win popular support and the opposition crumbled.
According to CNN, Carlos Alfredo Vecchio, who served as Guaido’s ambassador to the United States and also as the leader of the Popular Will opposition party, fled to the United States in 2014 after Maduro issued a warrant for his arrest.
“Ambassador Vecchio continues to fight from the outside and is expected to send a message to the Venezuelan people in the next few days,” a source familiar with the matter told CNN.
