WASHINGTON (April 17, 2024)—Venezuela has closed its embassy in Ecuador. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ordered the embassy and consulates closure on Tuesday in solidarity with Mexico in its protest over a raid by Ecuadorian authorities on the Mexican Embassy in Quito.
For more context on the subject, please consider Michael M. McCarthy, Professorial Lecturer at the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University. McCarthy is an expert in U.S. Foreign Policy, Latin America, the Global South, Political Economy and many other areas. Through his career McCarthy has founded two research advisories, Caracas Wire and Ceibo Growth Strategies. McCarthy lives and studied in Venezuela for two years and works as a consultant Venezuela expert for Freedom House, the Carter Center, Consilium Group Advisors, the Wilson Center, American University, and various law firms and university legal clinics. McCarthy is bilingual in English and Spanish.
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