World

Italy summons Venezuelan diplomat over arrest warrant for opposition leader

2024.09.03 13:12

ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday it had summoned the Venezuelan chargée d’affaires in Rome to complain about the arrest warrant that has been issued against opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez.

During the meeting, Italian officials renewed calls for the publication of the results of July 28 elections, which outgoing President Nicolas Maduro claims to have won while opposition tallies show a resounding victory for Gonzalez.

“Italy…strongly condemns the news of the arrest warrant against Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, the opposition’s presidential candidate,” the ministry said.

It also called for the release of political prisoners, particularly those with Italian passports.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez looks on on the day he casts his vote in the country's presidential election, in Caracas, Venezuela July 28, 2024. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo

Venezuela is home to a large Italian community, with around 160,000 Italian nationals, mostly with dual Venezuelan citizenship, officially registered in the country, according to the Italian embassy in Caracas.

The charge d’affaires is the top diplomat in a foreign embassy in the absence of the ambassador.



Source link

Related Articles

Back to top button
bitcoin
Bitcoin (BTC) $ 76,461.49 0.47%
ethereum
Ethereum (ETH) $ 2,988.72 2.52%
tether
Tether (USDT) $ 1.00 0.01%
solana
Solana (SOL) $ 199.80 0.23%
bnb
BNB (BNB) $ 615.93 1.79%
usd-coin
USDC (USDC) $ 0.999519 0.04%
xrp
XRP (XRP) $ 0.551408 0.91%
dogecoin
Dogecoin (DOGE) $ 0.201769 3.56%
staked-ether
Lido Staked Ether (STETH) $ 2,983.15 2.29%
cardano
Cardano (ADA) $ 0.438977 5.47%
tron
TRON (TRX) $ 0.16035 0.14%
wrapped-steth
Wrapped stETH (WSTETH) $ 3,519.29 2.16%
the-open-network
Toncoin (TON) $ 4.93 0.43%
avalanche-2
Avalanche (AVAX) $ 29.33 5.29%
wrapped-bitcoin
Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) $ 76,100.39 0.18%
shiba-inu
Shiba Inu (SHIB) $ 0.000019 1.55%
weth
WETH (WETH) $ 2,986.77 2.44%
chainlink
Chainlink (LINK) $ 13.50 5.88%
bitcoin-cash
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) $ 375.87 1.55%
sui
Sui (SUI) $ 2.29 2.09%
polkadot
Polkadot (DOT) $ 4.32 2.93%
leo-token
LEO Token (LEO) $ 6.42 2.48%
usds
USDS (USDS) $ 0.994336 0.74%
wrapped-eeth
Wrapped eETH (WEETH) $ 3,137.16 2.42%
litecoin
Litecoin (LTC) $ 72.66 0.34%
uniswap
Uniswap (UNI) $ 8.81 0.94%
near
NEAR Protocol (NEAR) $ 4.30 0.45%
aptos
Aptos (APT) $ 9.76 0.68%
pepe
Pepe (PEPE) $ 0.000011 2.55%
internet-computer
Internet Computer (ICP) $ 8.42 7.05%
bittensor
Bittensor (TAO) $ 505.28 1.72%
fetch-ai
Artificial Superintelligence Alliance (FET) $ 1.40 1.90%
dai
Dai (DAI) $ 0.999612 0.09%
ethereum-classic
Ethereum Classic (ETC) $ 20.41 1.06%
monero
Monero (XMR) $ 163.59 0.34%
stellar
Stellar (XLM) $ 0.101403 0.73%
polygon-ecosystem-token
POL (ex-MATIC) (POL) $ 0.38565 10.82%
ethena-usde
Ethena USDe (USDE) $ 1.00 0.13%
crypto-com-chain
Cronos (CRO) $ 0.106674 14.98%
whitebit
WhiteBIT Coin (WBT) $ 19.89 1.15%
kaspa
Kaspa (KAS) $ 0.112109 3.18%
aave
Aave (AAVE) $ 182.96 0.57%
blockstack
Stacks (STX) $ 1.64 3.16%
okb
OKB (OKB) $ 39.88 1.51%
arbitrum
Arbitrum (ARB) $ 0.595968 2.01%
first-digital-usd
First Digital USD (FDUSD) $ 1.00 0.10%
dogwifcoin
dogwifhat (WIF) $ 2.34 4.89%
filecoin
Filecoin (FIL) $ 3.87 2.27%
mantle
Mantle (MNT) $ 0.674258 2.19%
injective-protocol
Injective (INJ) $ 22.34 0.40%