US EditionVenezuela, Paraguay break relations over Pena's support for opposition
- Venezuela has broken off diplomatic relations with Paraguay after President Santiago Pena supported opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia's claim to victory in the 2024 presidential elections.
- Paraguay expelled Venezuela's diplomats following Pena's support for Gonzalez, who the opposition claims won with 67% of the vote, contrary to the official declaration of Nicolas Maduro's 51.2%.
- Pena stated on X that he is committed to working with the international community to recognize Gonzalez's victory and restore democracy in Venezuela.
- In response, Venezuela's government rejected Pena's comments and announced the immediate withdrawal of its diplomatic personnel from Paraguay.
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Venezuela: Gov’t Rejects US Interference Ahead of Maduro Inauguration, Breaks Diplomatic Ties with Paraguay - Venezuelanalysis
Caracas, January 7, 2025 (venezuelanalysis.com) – The Venezuelan government has rejected the Biden administration’s latest employment of “worn-out intervention strategies” by recognizing former opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia as “president-elect.” “The decrepit Biden administration, defeated and in retreat, once again resorts to worn-out intervention strategies, trying to artificially inflate insignificant political figures in Vene…
The new episode of tension between the two nations occurs a few days after Maduro's uncertain inauguration, to which González Urrutia promised to go to take office
Venezuela criticized Paraguayan President Santiago Peña for supporting opposition Edmundo González Urrutia.
Venezuela severs diplomatic relations with Paraguay
The Bolivarian Foreign Ministry categorically rejected the statements by the Paraguayan president and decided to proceed with the immediate withdrawal of its diplomatic personnel accredited in that nation, in the full exercise of its sovereignty. The official text stated that Peña “relapses into a failed practice that recalls the political fantasies of the extinct Lima Group with its ridiculous adventure called (Juan) Guaidó.” It str…
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