Five Venezuelan opposition figures who had taken refuge in the Argentine embassy in Caracas for over a year appeared in public Saturday for the first time since leaving the diplomatic compound. Now in the United States, they described their flight from Venezuela as part of an “unprecedented” and ongoing rescue operation.
The Venezuelan government denies it was a rescue, claiming instead that it was part of a negotiation.
“Our rescue, our escape, was an unprecedented operation,” said Magalli Meda during a press conference in Washington. Meda is a member of the opposition group Vente Venezuela, led by opposition leader María Corina Machado.
