Uruguay allows repatriation of Venezuelans …

The incomprehensible decision of the government of Mauricio Macri to prevent the landing of a Conviasa company plane sent by the constitutional government of Nicolás Maduro so that 90 Venezuelan migrant citizens can return to Caracas has forced the The Venezuelan Embbady in Buenos Aires to organize a new operation involved transferring his compatriots to Montevideo, Uruguay, from where they would go to the Venezuelan capital.

Venezuelan Chancellor Jorge Arreaza described Macri's decision as "inhuman" and the description seems more than correct. Especially if we consider that the decision of the Casa Rosada is at odds with the official discourse that preaches aid to the people of Venezuela. In this case, another attempt to block the Maduro government ends up hurting citizens who have decided to return to their country.

Last Saturday, the fourth flight to Caracas was to leave Ezeiza with Venezuelan migrants enrolled in the Vuelta a la Patria program, implemented by President Maduro to encourage the return of migrants to various countries in search of new opportunities, but they have experienced situations of vulnerability and even exploitation of work. Thanks to this program, 14,000 citizens returned to Venezuela.

However, the Argentine authorities did not allow the flight of Conviasa, the Venezuelan flag line, which prevented the transfer of the 90 people awaiting their return to their country.

The flight ban, which is part of Argentina's policy aligned with the destabilizing aggression that the US government is conducting against Venezuela, has forced the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry to put implemented an alternative operation that culminated when Tabaré Vázquez authorized leakage C is made from Montevideo.

Previous transfers had had such complications as changing the departure time or even the airport from which he had to leave. They had even prevented the company responsible for cleaning the aircraft from doing so before the flight. But this time it was worse because the planned date of the trip was approaching and the authorization did not arrive. The Venezuelan Embbady has established contacts with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the highest level, but has not provided a concrete response.

This lack of authorization included the fact that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had told Venezuelan diplomats that it was necessary to authorize the Argentine Armed Forces, who had in turn declared that they had to wait for the day before. direct order from Casa Rosada. There have been heated discussions, both at the level of diplomats and people in uniform, until a senior officer of the Argentine Army declares that the authorization will never occur . He said it a day before the flight. The embbady has asked the Argentine Foreign Ministry to express its refusal. They never did it.

A few hours before the day of the flight, we knew it would not happen. At that time, Venezuelan citizens had already left their home in Buenos Aires and had nowhere to go. This caused scenes of nerves and panic attacks when the embbady informed them of the ban. At the same time, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, they handed to the representative in Argentina of the Juan Guaidó deputy, Elisa Trotta Gamus, a sort of diplomatic title that is not the one currently used.

Aware of what was happening in Caracas, he was allowed to conduct negotiations with Uruguay. The Vázquez government did not oppose it and everything worked quickly to solve the problem. For the transfer to Montevideo, the Maduro Government authorized the funds to cover the costs of the transfer. This led the Venezuelan Embbady in Buenos Aires to rent buses to transport Venezuelans to the port of departure for a fluvial pbadenger service. To which we had to add other groups to take them to the airport of Montevideo. The flight arrived with diplomatic and medical personnel to solve the migration and health problems of the pbadengers.

Meanwhile, another maneuver was needed to secure the flight to Caracas. The flight ban to Ezeiza still being in effect, the plane of Conviasa had to stop over in Bolivia and, after refueling, changed the flight plan so as not to cross Argentine airspace, surrounding the country and so reach Montevideo.

The Government of Vázquez is, along with Mexico and the Caribbean countries, one of the few to maintain diplomatic relations with the Venezuelan Government and, above all, to promote a dialogue table in order to lift the blockade putting in place The United States as well as some Latin American governments, including Argentina, are part of the Lima group, which has close links with the OAS authorities.