{"id":3724,"date":"2024-04-16T19:39:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T19:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=3724"},"modified":"2024-04-16T19:39:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T19:39:23","slug":"venezuelan-embassies-consulates-closed-in-ecuador-following-mexican-embassy-raid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=3724","title":{"rendered":"Venezuelan embassies, consulates closed in Ecuador following Mexican embassy raid"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday he ordered the closure of his country\u2019s embassy and consulates in Ecuador. The move follows a raid ordered by Ecuador\u2019s president earlier this month on the Mexican embassy in Quito. <\/p>\n

Ecuadorian authorities raided the embassy on President Daniel Noboa\u2019s orders to arrest Jorge Glas, the nation\u2019s former vice president, accused of corruption and seeking asylum in Mexico. <\/p>\n

Maduro announced his decision during a virtual meeting of CELAC, or the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, saying that he ordered \u201cdiplomatic personnel to return to Venezuela immediately \u2026 until international law is restored in Ecuador.\u201d <\/p>\n

Noboa claims the raid was authorized to \u201cprotect national security,\u201d and says that because Glas was convicted for criminal reasons, not political ones, there were no grounds to grant asylum for him. Glas denies the allegations of corruption. <\/p>\n

Following the raid, Mexico expressed outrage and filed a complaint with the International Court of Justice. It requested that the United Nations suspend Ecuador until the country agrees to provide reparations and apologizes for the raid. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n