The IACHR believes that Maduro faces a "trial on fire" with the return of Guaidó

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) said on Wednesday that Nicolás Maduro was facing a "trial" before the return of the head of the Venezuelan parliament, Juan Guaidó, recognized as the head of the country. State for more than fifty years. Nations

"Without a doubt, there is a concern, I think it will be a litmus test because the government has announced that it could or would have filed a lawsuit against Guaidó", Commissioner Francisco José Eguiguren, Venezuela's rapporteur in the inter-American organization, told Efe.

Venezuela's Supreme Court of Justice has banned Guaidó from leaving the country, who moved to Colombia on Feb. 22 and plans to return this week.

For Eguiguren, Arrest of Guaidó would mean "a next step in political repression" and that would show that the state is using its punitive power to prosecute political dissidents, a concern already expressed by the organization.

However, the diplomatThis will depend on whether the threats materialize or remain in a "political statement".

Eguiguren claimed that the arrest of Guaidó would be a "politically more serious option" for Maduro, but he warned that the Venezuelan state would also violate the rights of the opposition leader if he would not let him return to his country.

"It is badumed that every national has the right to enter his country at any time without authorization, which would constitute a manifestly arbitrary act, violating his right to freedom of movement, transit and residence", he declared. .

The IACHR, a body dedicated to the protection of human rights in the Americas, asked the Venezuelan State on January 25 to protect the life of Guaidó and his family and granted him provisional measures. an instrument to protect its petitioners is at risk of irreparable damage.

In granting this protection, the IACHR affirmed that "Guaidó's" rights to life and integrity "are threatened" this could be "exacerbated" by "the worsening of the political crisis in the state of Venezuela".

Venezuela has been plagued by political instability since January 10, when Maduro returned to the presidency after winning last May's elections, unacknowledged by the international community and the opposition.

On January 23, Guaidó invoked several articles of the Venezuelan Constitution to defend the fact that, as president of the Parliament, he could declare himself acting president of the country by considering the investiture of Maduro "illegitimate".