(13 Jan 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lisbon, Portugal – 13 January 2025
1. Various of Venezuelan Consulate in Lisbon with its facade partially damaged
2. Tilt down from facade of building to street with a police car
3. Close of police car
4. Tilt down of consulate’s closed entrance door
5. Close of sign reading (Spanish) "Attention, we inform our citizens and the general public, that due to the irrational aggressions committed against our General Consulate in Lisbon (includes address) on Saturday night, we will not be in operation."
6. Various of exterior of building
STORYLINE:
Police in the Portuguese capital are investigating an attack with an incendiary device on the Venezuelan Consulate that caused minor damage to the exterior of the building
The Portuguese Foreign Ministry issued a statement condemning the attack which took place on Saturday night.
In a post on social media on Sunday, the Portuguese government called it an “intolerable act”.
The ministry said it was reinforcing security in the area and ordered further investigation of the matter.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for a third six-year term last Friday despite international condemnation of his recent re-election as illegitimate, as his administration grows increasingly brazen in cracking down on opponents.
The country’s legislative palace, where he was sworn in, was heavily guarded by police, military and intelligence officers. Crowds of people, many sporting pro-Maduro T-shirts, gathered in adjacent streets and a nearby plaza.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, called Maduro’s inauguration a “coup” and said she has asked former presidential candidate Edmundo González not travel to Venezuela until “the moment was right.”
Former presidential candidate Edmundo González, who also claimed victory in the the election, announced he would enter Venezuela to contest Maduro’s claim. After the government announced González would be detained if he or his international allies entered the country, he postponed his plans to do so.
Maduro’s government has appeared growingly isolated internationally.
The U.S., Canada, the U.K. and the European Union announced a coordinated round of new sanctions Friday on more than 20 officials, accusing them of gutting Venezuela’s democracy.
AP video by Helena Alves
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