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“By preventing the entry of the IACHR, the dictatorship is recognized as a human rights violator, he also exposes his contradictions: the same ones who asked the IACHR to visit other countries, which were visited, today block his entry to Venezuela, “Juan Guaidó wrote on his Twitter account on Tuesday.
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“Copa Airlines prevented the approach of the IACHR delegation to the plane’s door in Panama. All with the bording pass in their hands. They reported that they were instructed by the Venezuelan regime that we were not authorized to enter the country ”, the IACHR reported on Twitter.
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“This is not going to hide the evidence that human rights are violated in Venezuela and the world condemnation of a dictatorship that blocks the solution to the crisis. We will continue on the side of the victims, their families, and moving forward in actions to end this tragedy and heal as a country, “Guaidó tweeted.
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Although the Organization of American States (OAS), an entity of which the IACHR is a member, has not passed any resolution that specifically recognizes Guaidó as interim president, on January 10, 2019 declared Maduro’s inauguration illegitimate. In April, he recognized Gustavo Tarre, sent by the opposition leader, as representative of the National Assembly (AN, Parliament).
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The delegation was composed of the president of the IACHR, Esmeralda Arosemena; the executive secretary, Paulo Abrão; and commissioner Edison Lanza. “The IACHR delegation (…) announces that it will meet the victims and relatives of human rights violations and civil society organizations on the border between Colombia and Venezuela,” the agency said in a statement.
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Arosemena finished last week another “in loco” (field observation) visit in Chile, where he was able to enter without problems, and talk with people who have been victims of rights violations in the midst of social protests in that country.
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A group of non-governmental organizations remained alert to the possibility that they would not allow the IACHR access to the country, considering that This visit was a “unique opportunity” for those who have been affected by the State They can report it in a safe environment.
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“To deny the entry to Venezuela of the IACHR is to deny victims the possibility of obtaining justice and encouraging impunity”, Cofavic said on Twitter, which for over 30 years has denounced irregularities by governments and their authorities.
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For its part, the organization Provea criticized the refusal expressed by Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza, in the name of the so-called Bolivarian Revolution. “Nothing strange about a dictatorship that murders young people in popular areas with the death squad (police group) FAES, which practices forced disappearance and torture, maintains about 400 political prisoners, increases misery and exclusion, ”said Provea, who considers the Chavez Executive a“ de facto government ” .
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In addition, the Acción Solidaria association, which defends people with HIV, also expected this visit to take place and he had warned that reprisals of any order should not be taken “against the persons or entities that have cooperated with the IACHR through information or testimonials ”.
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