Latin American countries seek to evacuate their citizens from Ukraine

"I'm looking for a way to get out of here," says Ecuadorian in Kyiv 7:25

(CNN Spanish) --

Some Latin American countries have begun to mobilize to evacuate their citizens who are in Ukraine, after Russian forces invaded Ukraine causing several deaths.

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Embassies and consulates in Kyiv, Poland or Romania from countries such as Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Uruguay or Mexico are monitoring the situation of their citizens living in Ukraine and have put in place the necessary logistics to transfer them to neighboring countries.

Peru

At least 196 Peruvians have registered with the Peruvian Consulate in Kyiv, Ukraine to be evacuated from that country, but the number could reach 320, María Antonia Masana, general director of Peruvian Communities Abroad and Foreign Affairs, told CNN. Consular.

Masana pointed out that those Peruvians who do not have a Peruvian identity document or passport will be given a safe-conduct to be able to leave for Poland where the Peruvian Embassy is located.

Masana also pointed out that those children born in Ukraine, of a Peruvian mother or father, who do not have documents issued by Peruvian authorities, will only need a birth certificate to be able to have a safe-conduct that will be issued at the Consulate in Kyiv.

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According to the director of Peruvian Communities Abroad, the Peruvians will be transferred by land to the border with Poland, which is 5 hours from the Ukrainian capital.

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Masana also told CNN that the Peruvian Foreign Ministry will hold a meeting this Thursday with the Embassy of Ecuador in Peru to coordinate possible help to evacuate Ecuadorian citizens in Ukraine because, according to what he said, this country does not have a consulate or with an embassy neither in Ukraine nor in Poland.

Peruvian citizens in Ukraine can call +(38) 050 3322765 Igor Balenko, the honorary consul.

Uruguay

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay reported that four nationals residing in Ukraine left the country and are now in the Republic of Cyprus.

In turn, the Embassy of the Republic in Romania maintains contact with another group of compatriots in Kiev, in order to provide them with the necessary assistance;

All of them have stated that they are in good health.

It is noted that, as the hours go by, the number of compatriots in Ukraine who require consular assistance may vary.

Uruguayans who are anywhere in Ukraine can contact the Embassy of the Republic of Uruguay in Romania on the phone (004) 077 331 8712 and their relatives in Uruguay to do the same with the Office of Assistance to the Compatriot and Services to the Community of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (phones: 2902 1010 ext. 76242 – 76244 – 76294 - 76237).

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Ecuador

More than 700 Ecuadorian citizens are in Ukraine at the moment, said Juan Carlos Holguín, Ecuador's foreign minister.

Holguín assured that they have coordinated with other Latin American countries with important communities in Ukraine – such as Peru and Argentina – to attend to their nationals, who are mostly students.

"In the case of Peru, for example, we do not have a consulate in Poland and it is the Peruvian consulate that has given us the support at this time to attend to citizens who are going to be able to reach Poland," said the Ecuadorian minister. .

Chile

Until now, the Chilean consulate in Warsaw, Poland, has accounted for 53 Chileans in Ukraine, according to Carolina Valdivia, the Chilean Foreign Minister. 

"Through our consulate [in Warsaw], through our social networks and through what our Consular Affairs office does here in Santiago, we have made contact with Chileans and we have given them a series of instructions.

"First of all, keep them safe, that the border with Poland is open, that there are roads and means of land transport so that they can leave the country and, for their part, we are also working with embassies of other friendly countries that do have representations. diplomatic and consular offices in Ukraine to assist us if necessary," Valdivia explained.

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Mexico

So far, 50 Mexicans who were in Kyiv and Odessa have asked to be evacuated, the Mexican ambassador to Poland, Olga Beatriz García Guillén, reported.

To evacuate them, the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs will launch a plan to evacuate Mexicans in Ukraine in a caravan headed for the Polish border region.

"In the security cabinet. Our ambassador reports: they are fine, in contact with the Mexican families. A state of emergency has been decreed. In Kiev there was bombing of government facilities without affecting our community," said Marcelo Ebrard, the secretary of Foreign Affairs. from Mexico.

With information from Abel Alvarado, Florencia Trucco and María Plaza.

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