The Daily Populous Sunday November 24th, 2024 day edition
Authored by cnn.com and submitted by calbert1735

Armed and hooded members of the Venezuelan security forces have surrounded Argentina’s embassy in Caracas, according to leaders of the country’s opposition.

Six members of the opposition are currently taking refuge in the embassy, having fled there to escape a crackdown by Venezuelan authorities in the run-up to July’s presidential elections.

Pedro Urruchurtu, who has been in the embassy since March and is the international coordinator for opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, wrote on X Saturday that armed hooded members of the National Police had closed off streets around the embassy. Drones were hovering above the embassy and phone signals had been cut off, he said.

Omar Gonzalez, another opposition member living in the embassy, posted a video on X showing Venezuelan police outside the diplomatic building.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro claimed victory in the July election, despite widespread skepticism in the country and overseas about the result.

Opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez – who was last week recognized by the US as the winner of that election – said in a post on X Saturday that the embassy had been “besieged by hooded people.”

“I alert the world to what may happen to fellow refugees in the Argentine Embassy in Caracas,” Gonzalez said.

CNN is seeking comment from Venezuelan authorities.

Similar scenes took place in September, when Venezuelan security forces surrounded the Argentine embassy.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

TheWallerAoE3 on November 24th, 2024 at 02:20 UTC »

Venezuela is claiming Guyana's land, extraditing Ukraine supporters to imprisonment in Russia and now besieging a friendly nation's embassy. This is alarming. There is absolutely no justification for this behavior. Maduro's regime must be opposed by all.

bovrilballista on November 24th, 2024 at 02:03 UTC »

Anyone know how Argentina is likely to respond?

My impression of Milei and his position is one of projected strength, so its hard to imagine them not responding in some way. I don't know much about this area.

Novel_Hawk9187 on November 24th, 2024 at 01:39 UTC »

With each passing day, Venezula becomes darker under Maduro's Bolivarian regime