Argentine Foreign Ministry avoided any comment on the confusing situation. Five dissidents of Chavismo would remain as "refugees" in the Argentine embassy in Caracas.

Relations between the government of Javier Milei and the Chavista dictatorship are at their worst. Tension increased with Argentina's decision to hand over, on February 11, the Venezuelan Emtrasur Cargo plane to U.S. justice. The Venezuelan Embassy in Buenos Aires, run by Stella Lugo, very close to Maduro, had its doors closed.