Activists Seek Asylum for Venezuela's D.C. Embassy

Venezuela’s Parallel Ambassador Seated at OAS as Activists Defend Embassy

by TRNN

April 24, 2019

There is reason to believe that the so-called interim and self-declared president of Venezuela, opposition leader Juan Guaidó, will attempt to take over Venezuela’s embassy in Washington DC very soon, with the help of the Trump administration. If this happens, the US government would be violating the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.

On April 13th the US Secret Service already helped a Guaidó representative to take over the office of Venezuela’s military attaché in DC. The takeover of diplomatic buildings and offices is taking place in the wake of an Organization of American States resolution of April 9th, in which – by a one-vote majority – the OAS permanent council decided to recognize Guaidó’s ambassador to the OAS. Guaidó’s representative, Gustavo Tarre, is now seated at OAS permanent council meetings.

The Organization of American States allowed the ambassador of Venezuela's self-declared president to participate in his first meeting. The move could signal an attempt to take over Venezuela's embassy in DC, which activists are defending.