In Venezuela, they banned the entry of six MEPs

The Venezuelan government Chavez prevented today six deputies from entering the country They arrived at the Caracas International Airport in order to meet the President of the National Assembly (AN, Parliament) and Acting President, Juan Guaidó, denounced one of them. them.

"Warning: our pbadports have been confiscated and we are expelled from Venezuela, they treat us badly and the only explanation they give is that (President Nicolás) Maduro does not want us here, "said Spanish MEP Esteban González Pons on his Twitter account.

González Pons explained that he wanted to enter Venezuela with his colleagues Esther de Lange (Dutch), Paulo Rangel (Portuguese) and Gabriel Mato, José Ignacio Salafranca and Juan Salafranca, the last three, also Spanish.

"We were the first international delegation invited by President Juan Guaidó; they are pushing us today but we will soon return to a free Venezuela, "said González Pons.

The spokesman of the group had already warned that during the stopover in Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, they had informed them that they would have difficulty arriving in Caracas.

"We have just landed in Venezuela," he wrote before he knew they could not enter, adding: "During the stopover in Santo Domingo, the ambbadadors of the EU (European Union) and Spain warned us that we would be expelled or detained."

"We are parliamentarians and we have an official invitation from the Assembly; If they hold or expel us, this will be the definitive demonstration that all windows have been closed here and the EU should immediately withdraw from the contact group, "challenged González Pons.

EU Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini announced on Jan. 1 the establishment of a contact group that she would seek for 90 days. "Creating confidence and creating conditions" for a way out of the crisis in Venezuela through free elections.

This group – composed of Germany, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Sweden and Uruguay – It met for the first time on the 7th of this month in Montevideo and issued a statement that the next day had been rejected by Maduro.

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