The Paraguayan government announced Thursday (10) that it was breaking off relations with Venezuela. The announcement was made by President Mario Abdo Benitez shortly after Nicolás Maduro took office for a second presidential term.
The break causes the closure of the Paraguayan embbady in Caracas and the immediate withdrawal of diplomats. In addition, he canceled a visa agreement with Venezuela – which, according to the Paraguayan government, will only affect members of the Maduro regime.
In a statement to the Government Palace, Benítez recalled that Paraguay, as a member of the Lima group, did not recognize the outcome of the last elections in Venezuela, an "illegitimate electoral process".
In addition, in a note published by Twitter, the Paraguayan Foreign Ministry stated that the political crisis in Venezuela "is internal in nature and that it is up to Venezuelans to solve it".
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the new term in this fifth.The decision did not have support from Mexico.
The Lima Group was established in 2017 at the 39th. initiative of the Peruvian government to push for the restoration of democracy in Venezuela Thirteen countries are part of the group – Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay and Peru
On the eve of Maduro's inauguration, Ecuador announced the withdrawal of its ambbadador to Caracas.
Maduro was re-elected last May, with nearly 70% of the vote , during an election boycotted by the opposition, with high abstention and denunciations of fraud.
The Bureau of Democratic Unity (MUD) of the opposition coalition has refused to take part in the proceedings because he considered the process as a "fraud" allowing t perpetuate Maduro to power. The two biggest rivals of the opposition were already unable to compete: Leopoldo Lopez is in prison and Henrique Capriles has no right to apply for a job for a period of 15 years.
About 20.5 million voters were registered on the electoral lists, but the turnout was 46% of voters and a total of 8.6 million votes. It was one of the lowest participation percentages in the history of Venezuela.
According to the UN, Venezuela is plunged into a serious political and economic crisis that has forced 2.3 million people to leave it since 2015.
The crisis in Venezuela has resulted in a shortage of food and of drugs and, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), inflation will reach 10 000 000% by 2019.
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