Message from Pedro Urruchurtu, asylum seeker at the Argentine Embassy

One of the six opponents who have taken refuge in the residence of the Argentine Embassy in Caracas, Pedro Urruchurtu, urged the international community on Monday to join the efforts of the southern nation and Brazil to obtain the safe-conduct passes that will allow them to return to their country. allow them to leave Venezuela.

“We are grateful to Argentina and Brazil for their solidarity and protection during these hours. We urge the international community to join the efforts of these nations to obtain safe-conduct passes,” said Urruchurtu, International Coordinator of the Vente Venezuela (VV) party, led by María Corina Machado, in X.

Urruchurtu denounced that there is a “permanent siege and harassment” against the residence of the Argentine Embassy in Caracas, where the six activists entered 180 days ago.

“180 days have passed and we are still waiting for our safe-conduct passes. The regime’s double standards only confirm that it complies with international law when it suits it and that it manipulates it at will. The good thing is that the world sees it,” he added.

On September 10, Argentina acknowledged that it is “moving forward” so that the six opponents “do not have any problems at all” following the decision of the Maduro government to revoke the authorization that Brazil had to guard the diplomatic headquarters.

“Venezuela is an issue that we take with great caution and when we actually have something defined and we actually have some progress in these matters, we will let you know,” said presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni, in his usual press conference at the Casa Rosada (headquarters of the Executive).

Brazil has taken control of Argentina’s diplomatic headquarters in Caracas after the expulsion of the country’s diplomatic staff at the beginning of August, amid tensions between the two governments following Argentine President Javier Milei’s accusation that Maduro’s victory in the July 28 elections was “fraudulent.”

“Brazil is in line with this issue, which cannot escape international conventions, good practices, the law and respect not only for Argentina, but also for the fact that no country in the world can attack or try to take away the value of an embassy in a foreign country,” the spokesman added..