- Venezuela revoked Brazil’s custody of the Argentine Embassy in Caracas. The Brazilian Foreign Ministry questioned the measure and Argentina condemned it. Alejandra Pérez won the second silver medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
On Saturday, September 7, the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry revoked Brazil’s authorization to guard the Argentine Embassy in Caracas. The government of Luz Ignacio Lula da Silva described the measure as “surprising” and confirmed that it will continue to guard the diplomatic facilities.
Argentina has spoken out to condemn Venezuela’s position. In Spain, President Pedro Sánchez said that Edmundo González is “a hero whom his country will not abandon.” In other international news, the former president of Uruguay, José Mujica, underwent gastrostomy surgery for nutrition.
The non-governmental organization (NGO) Foro Penal reported that there were 1,793 detainees in Venezuela as of September 2. In Maracaibo, Zulia state, a woman died after receiving an electric shock due to the rains registered in the early hours of Saturday in the state.
In sports, Alejandra Pérez won the second silver medal for Venezuela and her sister, Linda Pérez, received a diploma to commemorate the participation of Venezuelan athletes in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
Below are the highlights of Saturday, September 7:
The Venezuelan government announced in a statement on Saturday, September 7, that it had revoked the approval that granted Brazil custody of the Argentine Embassy in Caracas.
“Venezuela is forced to make this decision motivated by the evidence of the use of the facilities of this diplomatic mission for the planning of terrorist activities and assassination attempts against President (…) Nicolás Maduro and against Executive Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, by the fugitives from Venezuelan justice who remain within it,” can be read in a statement released by Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil through his Telegram channel.
The Venezuelan Foreign Ministry claims that the decision will be effective “immediately.” The measure nullifies the custody and assistance that Brazil provided to the diplomatic headquarters, as well as to its nationals, assets and archives of Argentina in Venezuela.
The Argentine government expressed on Saturday, September 7, its “rejection” of the decision by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to “unilaterally revoke” Brazil’s authorization to represent Argentina’s interests and guard its diplomatic facilities in Caracas.
“The Argentine Republic rejects this unilateral measure and warns the Venezuelan government that it must respect the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, which enshrines the inviolability of mission premises,” the Argentine Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Between the night of Friday, September 6 and the morning of Saturday, September 7, opponents of Maduro They denounced a state of “siege” in the consular headquarters and held the government of Nicolás Maduro responsible for the intimidating actions towards the asylum seekers.
Brazil declared itself “surprised” by the decision of the Venezuelan government to revoke the authorization he had to represent Argentina’s interests in Caracas and guard its diplomatic facilities, which he recalled are “inviolable.”
“The Brazilian government highlights the inviolability, under the terms of the Vienna Convention, of the facilities of the Argentine diplomatic mission, which currently houses six Venezuelan asylum seekers, as well as assets and archives,” the statement said. Foreign Ministry in a note.
The Brazilian Foreign Ministry indicated that it will continue to represent Argentina’s interests until another State “acceptable” to the Venezuelan government is designated.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez declared on Saturday, September 7, that Edmundo González is “a hero whom Spain will not abandon.”
Sanchez said that action is needed to protect “the security and integrity of activists, journalists and political leaders, wherever they may be, in Russia, Palestine or Venezuela.”
“Defending democracy, fighting falsehoods and interference campaigns, protecting the safety and integrity of activists, journalists and political leaders, wherever they are, in Russia, Palestine or Venezuela, leaders like Edmundo González, a hero whom Spain will not abandon,” said the head of the Spanish government in his speech at the Federal Committee of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE).
He also stressed his commitment to multilateral organisations, “international legality” and democracy.
The non-governmental organization (NGO) Foro Penal reported that There are a total of 1,793 detainees in Venezuela as of September 2, of which 225 are women, 59 are teenagers and 1,568 are men who were arrested in the context of post-election protests since July 29.
Gonzalo Himiob, coordinator of the NGO, published the update of the numbers on his X account, warning that, of this figure, 1,644 are still awaiting sentencing. The image of the report also indicates that 1,636 are civilians and 157 are military personnel.
The Penal Forum reported on August 23 that Venezuela had the highest number of political prisoners in the history of Venezuela, “at least in the 21st century,” with a total of 1,674 political prisoners.
Among those arrested are political leaders, media workers, military personnel, civilians, teenagers, lawyers and activists or human rights defenders.
A woman died in Maracaibo, Zulia state, during the morning of Saturday, September 7. The victim received an electric shock when she was in her home located in Santa Lucía, a region where heavy rainfall was recorded during the early hours of Saturday.
Rafael Ramírez, mayor of Maracaibo, confirmed the death of the woman and expressed his solidarity with the victim’s family and friends. The authority also noted that heavy rains caused flooding in the town.
Ramírez said that Civil Protection and Firefighters officials are conducting patrols to verify whether there are any damages or incidents in some sectors of the state.
According to information from the authorities, the most affected sectors are: Milagro Norte, Fuerzas Armadas Avenue and the Paraíso, La Limpia, La Victoria, and Bajo Seco sectors.
Former Uruguayan President José Mujica underwent surgery on September 7 at the health center where he is currently hospitalized, where he underwent a gastrostomy for nutrition.
Raquel Pannone, the president’s personal physician, said that the procedure was carried out in the morning, the result was “excellent” and the former president is recovering accompanied by his wife, Lucía Topolansky.
“The situation, as I told you 48 hours ago, was to try to achieve oral feeding in the best conditions, with the appropriate preparation. We tried to do it and the result was not entirely satisfactory,” said the doctor, who added that this led them to take the decision to go up a new level and perform a gastrostomy for feeding.
Venezuelan paraathlete Alejandra Pérez won Venezuela’s second silver medal in the 200-meter T12 competition at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
Pérez clocked a time of 24.19 seconds. The podium was completed by Cuban Omara Durand Elias, who took gold, and Simran Sharma of Indian nationality in third place.
Her sister, Linda Pérez, won a Paralympic diploma in the final of the 200 meters in the T11 class. The Creole athlete came in fourth place with a time of 25.44 seconds.
Parajudoka Danitza Sanabria did not show up for the repechage against Azerbaijan’s Khatira Izmiyea.
The Venezuelan delegation closes its participation in the Olympic event with a total of six medals: three gold, two silver and one bronze.
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