The Foreign Ministers of the Lima Group will meet by teleconference to analyze the situation in Venezuela

"At 3.30 pm, the foreign ministers of the Lima group we will meet by teleconference to badyze the situation in Venezuela and support the Venezuelan democrats in their struggle for freedom "Said Chilean Foreign Minister Roberto Ampuero.

Shortly before, Colombian Chancellor Carlos Holmes Trujillo had badured that his country would seek to convene a emergency meeting of the Lima Group on the crisis triggered in Venezuela.

"Following the instructions of President Iván Duque, we have made progress in communicating with the Lima group members in order to: to convene an (urgent) meeting to continue to support the decision (the) return of democracy and (of) freedom to Venezuela "said the Colombian Foreign Minister on his Twitter account.

"I call upon all the member countries of the Lima Group to continue today our task of supporting the return of democracy and freedom to Venezuela and that we agree on a common agreement. emergency meeting, "he said.

The Lima Group is an example that emerged in 2017 and brings together 14 countries seeking a peaceful solution to the political crisis in Venezuela.

The initial document was signed by Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay and Peru, after which they also joined Guayana and Santa Lucia. He was also supported by Barbados, the United States, Grenada and Jamaica, the Organization of American States (OAS) and the European Union (EU), in addition to the Venezuelan opposition.