Five top Venezuelan opposition leaders escaped the country last week after sheltering for over a year at the Argentine embassy in Caracas. Now, one of the escapees is sharing new details or the ordeal, arguing their escape is the latest indication of the weakened state of President Nicolas Maduro's authoritarian government.
The operation, organized by opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, ended a 14-month standoff that had turned the Argentine embassy, operated by Brazil after Argentine diplomats were expelled from Venezuela, into both sanctuary and a prison for the five activists. Ultimately, Omar Gonzalez Moreno, Magalli Meda, Claudia Macero, Pedro Urruchurtu and Humberto Villalobos were able to escape the country and find refuge in the U.S.
