Maduro Risks Regional Rift in Standoff at Argentine Embassy

  • Opposition aides sheltering at diplomatic mission in Caracas
  • Milei has been swapping insults with Venezuelan leader
The Republic of Argentina embassy in Caracas, Venezuela.Photographer: Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Getty Images
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A brewing standoff at Argentina’s embassy in Caracas, where aides to Venezuela’s opposition leader are holed up, threatens to further isolate authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro.

Patrols of police vehicles have been encircling the embassy located in a tony southeastern district of Caracas since Maduro’s disputed presidential win over challenger Edmundo Gonzalez on Sunday night.