Costa Rica offers political asylum to Maria Corina Machado

The Costa Rican government, through its Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arnoldo André Tinoco, offered María Corina Machado and Edmundo González.

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“The Government of the Republic, through me, announces that we are willing to grant political asylum and refuge to both María Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia, as well as other politically persecuted people in Venezuela, especially those people who are seeking refuge in the Argentine embassy in Caracas,” Tinoco said in a statement.

Costa Rica grants political asylum to María Corina Machado and Edmundo González, as well as to those people who suffer political persecution in Venezuela, especially those under the protection of the Argentine Embassy in Caracas.@EdmundoGU @MariaCorinaYA @OEA_official… pic.twitter.com/IudXhxBaOR

— Presidency of the Republic 🇨🇷 (@presidenciacr) July 30, 2024

The Costa Rican government’s offer comes hours after the president of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, called for the imprisonment of Machado and González, during a rally in the legislative building.

“There is no negotiation with fascism, the full force of the law is applied to fascism (…) they must go to prison”Rodríguez declared in a special session of the Assembly in relation to the CNE results.

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