The Venezuelan Embassy in the United States, under the control of opposition leader Juan Guaidó since 2019, has reported this Friday the termination of its functions following the dissolution of the «interim government» agreed by Venezuela’s opposition National Assembly on December 30.
«We inform the Venezuelan community in the United States, and in general, that the Venezuelan Embassy in the United States and all its officials officially ceased functions on Thursday, January 5, 2023,» wields a statement released by the Venezuelan delegation in Washington itself.
According to the letter, such termination of functions would have been «decided by the majority of deputies of the National Assembly elected in 2015», which approved a reform of «the Statute Law governing the Transition and, unconstitutionally, eliminated the Presidency in Charge led by President Juan Guaidó».
Likewise, the Venezuelan National Assembly would have supported the elimination of the interim government and its foreign service, including the Venezuelan Embassy in the United States, which was led by Carlos Vecchio since 2019.
«We deeply regret the affectation that this decision may cause to our Venezuelan citizens in the United States. In the coming days we will present due accountability,» the Embassy has lamented in its letter, stating that «with very limited resources» they have worked with «deep vocation of struggle» since 2019.
«We thank Interim President Juan Guaidó and the National Assembly for having given us the opportunity to serve the Venezuelan people from this space of struggle. We appreciate all the support provided by the representatives of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the United States (…) all the support given to the noble and just cause for the restitution of freedom and democracy for the Venezuelan people,» the statement continues.
Guaidó, who came to be recognized by more than half a hundred countries as «interim president» in 2019 following his self-proclamation after not recognizing the results of the 2018 presidential election, has seen his political weight dwindle to such an extent that most of the deputies of the 2015 National Assembly voted at the end of December to end his «mandate».
The opposition has argued its decision for the lack of progress in terms of democracy and Human Rights under his «government». For Guaidó it is a «leap into the void» that ultimately benefits a Maduro, who seems to be back on the international chessboard, as seen at the Climate Summit in Egypt.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
