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(CNN Spanish) - The Government of the questioned President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, accused Peru of "promoting and allowing acts of segregation and xenophobia" against Venezuelans.
Through a statement published on Sunday, he expressed his “most resounding repudiation of acts of xenophobia, aggression and persecution against Venezuelan citizens and citizens who have migrated to the Republic of Peru. These are shameful and inhuman acts, allowed or committed by authorities of the Government of Peru and instigated by hate campaigns against the Venezuelan people. ”
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In a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Government of Peru rejected "strongly" those which it describes as "unfounded accusations" of the Maduro government. “Peru has welcomed more than 850,000 Venezuelan citizens who have fled from the dictatorship of Maduro and the inhuman conditions it has generated for its nationals. In doing so, Peru renews its traditional State policy to promote and defend human rights without discrimination. Therefore, the Government of Peru condemns without exception any form of xenophobia, ”said the statement also published on Sunday.
For his part, Juan Guaidó, president of the National Assembly of Venezuela and recognized as interim president for more than 55 countries, reported on Twitter that he instructed his officials to talk with the Peruvian authorities to “establish a line of complaints of xenophobia attacks "
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“We are not going to generalize. We know that Peru is a town that has supported and supported the struggle of Venezuela, but also that we must take corrective measures and urgent measures to prevent attacks on citizens, ”Guaidó wrote on the social network. This in reference to videos published on social networks that portray different situations in which Venezuelans would have suffered discrimination in Peru. CNN has not been able to confirm the veracity of these images or the date on which the videos circulating were recorded.
We will not generalize. We know that Peru is a town that has supported and supported the struggle of Venezuela, but also that we must take corrective measures and urgent measures to prevent attacks on Venezuelan citizens.
- Juan Guaidó (@jguaido) September 29, 2019
Since one of the alleged videos showed a group of people dressed in military uniforms spreading a speech with megaphones against the arrival of Venezuelans, the Peruvian Ministry of Defense published a tweet in its verified account denying that they are members of the Army from Peru. "The necessary measures will be taken in coordination with the Interior Ministry," the tweet closed.
Juan Guaidó in the National Assembly. (FEDERICO PARRA / AFP / Getty Images)
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According to the monitoring of the flow of Venezuelan population in Peru prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) corresponding to September “the practices of discrimination and rejection of the Venezuelan population in the different countries of the region continue to generate difficulties for integration ”.
In the specific case of the northern border of Peru, according to the report, one in four people said they felt discriminated against
during your travel route. On the southern border of the country that percentage increases, with about 40% of people who indicated having suffered some kind of discrimination. In almost all cases the main reason was due to their nationality, as indicated
The report in its conclusions.
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