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The Government of Venezuela publicly demands that the United States return diplomatic headquarters
The Venezuelan government publicly demanded that the United States hand over its diplomatic headquarters located in Washington, as well as the New York office, which is managed by Juan Guaidó, leader of the Venezuelan opposition.
Foreign Minister Félix Plasencia was the one who publicly made the demand, addressing Joe Biden and “his colleague” Antony Blinken (he is Secretary of State). He hopes that the goods that correspond to him will be returned to the Venezuelans, he said.
Through a press conference, the foreign minister specifically requested the return of the residence of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela located in Washington, the headquarters of the consulate located in New York and the Embassy of Venezuela that is in Washington.
For Plasencia, these assets have been stolen, invaded and are being destroyed and this is an offense to Venezuelan citizens, which is why he demands that they be handed over again to the "legitimate authority of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro Moros."
In turn, the foreign minister thanked Bolivia for having "recovered" Venezuela's assets in its territory. To him, they too had been robbed and abused. Since 2020 these venues were under the control of Guaidó's team.
Plasencia pointed out that among what was returned to the Venezuelan government there are eleven vehicles belonging to the Venezuelan embassy and blamed the opposition for destroying the library located in the Bolivian Diplomatic Center.
In particular, he accused Guaidó and opponents José Gregorio Cumare Hernández, opposition ambassadors in Bolivia, as well as Arturo Vilar Esteves, Rafael Cáceres and Henry José Vivas Pérez of being responsible for the "theft" of the country's products in the embassy in Bolivia.
After the appointment of the new president, Luis Arce, the Venezuelan executive resumed diplomatic relations with Bolivia.
During the mandate of Jeanine Áñez (2019-2020), Juan Guaidó was recognized as "interim president of Venezuela".
During the Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of America (ALBA) in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the battle of Carabobo that took place in June of last year, Arce visited Venezuela and held a private meeting with Nicolás Maduro.
