Venezuela closes embassy in Ecuador to protest raid on Mexican embassy there
Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro has ordered the closure of his country’s embassy and consulates in Ecuador in solidarity with Mexico in its protest over a raid by Ecuadorian authorities on the Mexican embassy in Quito
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Your support makes all the difference.Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday ordered the closure of his country’s embassy and consulates in Ecuador in solidarity with Mexico in its protest over a raid by Ecuadorian authorities on the Mexican embassy in Quito.
Maduro made his announcement during a meeting of the leaders of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States.
Ecuadorian authorities raided the Mexican diplomatic outpost April 5 on the orders of Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa to arrest the country's former Vice President Jorge Glas, a convicted criminal and fugitive who was seeking asylum in Mexico.
The extraordinarily unusual use of force drew immediate condemnation from governments around the world.
Noboa has said he authorized the raid “to protect national security." Ecuador argued that Glas was targeted because of criminal convictions and not political reasons, and that therefore Mexico should not have been considering asylum for him.
Mexico has expressed its outrage over the raid, and filed a complaint with the International Court of Justice in the Netherlands asking that the United Nations suspend Ecuador until it apologizes for the breach and agrees to reparations.
Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday ordered the closure of his country’s embassy and consulates in Ecuador in solidarity with Mexico, whose main diplomatic outpost was raided earlier this month on the orders of Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa. Maduro made the announcement during a meeting of the leaders of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States focused on the April 5 police raid on Mexico’s Embassy in Quito, Ecuador’s capital. The extraordinarily unusual use of force drew immediate condemnation from governments around the world.
Noboa has said he authorized the raid “to protect national security.” Police entered the Mexican embassy capital, to arrest former Vice President Jorge Glas, a convicted criminal and fugitive who had been living there since December.
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