Maria Corina Machado’s offices raided in Venezuela

CARACAS (AP).— The Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado’s offices in Caracas were raided yesterday by hooded men who caused damage and stole documents and equipment, further escalating tensions in Venezuela, while electoral authorities ratified the re-election of Nicolás Maduro without showing the minutes of the vote count.

The organization Vente Venezuela, led by María Corina, reported on its social network X account that six Men with their faces covered and without identification They entered the party headquarters in eastern Caracas at 3 a.m. after subduing the guards.

The men painted graffiti on the walls, They broke down doors and stole equipment and documents, Vente Venezuela said, without offering further details.

Authorities have not yet commented on the incident.

The incident occurred hours after former legislator Machado, who became the main promoter of the opposition coalition candidate Edmundo González after being disqualified from holding public office, He reported that he was under guard for fear of his life and freedom in the face of escalating attacks by the authorities, who have called for her arrest and accused her of promoting acts of violence.

The opposition leader said in an opinion article published the day before yesterday in the American newspaper “The Wall Street Journal” who was under protection out of fear. “I write this from hiding, fearing for my life, my freedom. and that of my compatriots from the dictatorship led by Nicolás Maduro,” he said.

María Corina and González made their last public appearance on Tuesday at a mass rally with their supporters in the streets of Caracas. They have not been seen since.

The complaint came a day after Maduro accused her of promoting the protests that took place after the National Electoral Council (CNE) declared the president’s reelection in the July 28 elections and called her a “terrorist” and asked for “fair justice.”

On the other hand, Argentina awaits, amid high security measures, the diplomats and the rest of the staff of its embassy in Venezuela who were expelled by the Maduro government for his stance on the July 28 presidential elections.

“They will arrive on Saturday at a specific time that they have agreed with the Foreign Ministry not to disclose for security reasons and to ensure that their arrival in the country is as smooth as possible,” said presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni yesterday at his regular press conference at Casa Rosada (headquarters of the Argentine government).

Official sources denied to EFE that the foreign minister, Diana Mondino, will go to the Ministro Pistarini International Airport, located in Ezeiza (province of Buenos Aires), to receive the Argentine representatives arriving from Caracas, despite the fact that newspaper reports have reported this.

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He The German Foreign Ministry yesterday called on the Venezuelan authorities to end the violence that are experienced in the opposition protests after the presidential election in the South American country, in a message published on his account on the social network X.

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