The opposition to Chavismo took control of three Venezuelan diplomatic offices in the United States: they removed a painting from Maduro and placed one of Guaidó

Venezuelan opposition said Monday that took control of three diplomatic offices in the USA. Immediately, Nicolás Maduro's government criticized the action and badured that it was a question of "Forced and illegal occupation".

The headquarters they refer to is the Defense Attaché, the Navy Attaché in Washington and the Consulate in New York, according to Carlos Vecchio, White House representative of Venezuela's self-styled president, Juan Guaidó.

The opposition defended the action and badured that she was "recover and protect badets of the Venezuelan people. "On the other hand, Chavism warned that it "reserves the corresponding legal and reciprocal decisions and actions".

In a statement, the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry said that "Venezuelan diplomatic offices in the United States can only be used by official diplomatic agents to democratic and constitutional government President Nicolás Maduro. "

In this sense, Caracas denounced "before the international community that its diplomatic headquarters in the United States they are forcibly occupied by people who have the public support of the US government and act as agents for their political interests and in flagrant violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. "

For its part, the Vecchio team stated that this action had been conducted "in constant communication with the United States Government and with the utmost respect, attachment and respect for the rules and the internal laws of the host country of the Venezuelan mission. "