With the support of the opposition, Venezuelans residing in Argentina protested against the arrival of Maduro

Dozens of Venezuelan exiles protest this Sunday in the Retiro neighborhood of Buenos Aires to express their

, who arrives in the country to participate in the summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac). .

From 4:00 p.m., and with the support of opposition leaders, the Venezuelans met in the Torre de los Ingleses, in front of the Sheraton Hotel, where Maduro is expected to stay -whom the Government expects tomorrow- and where the Celac days.

Despite the sweltering heat of the Buenos Aires afternoon, dozens of people began to arrive at the meeting point shouting against the presence of Maduro in Argentina, calling him a "dictator" and "murderer."

Many of them waved Venezuelan flags, and some Cubans and even a Nicaraguan could also be seen.

Patricia Bullrich, one of the leaders of the opposition who participated in the demonstration.

Photo Martin Quintana

"Here in Argentina there are many people who have been escaping from the Nicolás Maduro regime, who are escaping from the crimes against humanity that today are being investigated by the International Criminal Court," said one of the Venezuelans who participated in the march.

“The decision that the Argentine government has taken to invite a group of people who have been linked to undermining democracy in the region is somewhat painful.

And for Venezuelans it is extremely painful to receive the people who have been responsible for so much suffering in Venezuela”, declared another of those present in Retiro.

The president of the PRO, Patricia Bullrich, was present at the place accompanied by other leaders of her party.

Bullrich submitted a request to the Argentine DEA office to detain Maduro when he arrives in the country.

The President of the Civic Coalition, Maximiliano Ferraro;

the Buenos Aires official Waldo Wolff and other opposition legislators, such as the radicals Karina Banfi and Ricardo López Murphy, also promised their participation in the act, which is planned to be repeated on Tuesday in the same place.

A young woman shows a poster against Nicolás Maduro, in the middle of a march of Venezuelans residing in Argentina against the arrival of the president.

Photo: Martin Quintana

Venezuelans residing in Argentina demonstrated against the arrival of Maduro.

Photo: Martin Quintana

One of the conveners of the demonstration is Elisa Trotta Gamus, a former representative of the Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó in Argentina and who now works alongside Venezuelans living in Argentina.

Another of the conveners of the demonstration is the Venezuelan deputy Richard Blanco, who went into exile in Argentina in 2019.

Jorge Faurie, Waldo Wolf and Karina Banfi, present at the demonstration.

"Venezuelan brother, join us to protest the presence of Nicolás Maduro and dictators in Buenos Aires Argentina. Attend," Blanco called from his personal Twitter account.

The confirmation of the visit of Presidents Maduro, Daniel Ortega (Nicaragua) and Miguel Díaz-Canel (Cuba) to Buenos Aires on the occasion of the Celac summit prompted many complaints and proposals from the opposition.

For example, legislators from Juntos por el Cambio presented a project in the Buenos Aires legislature to declare them personas non grata.

Demonstration against the arrival of Maduro.

Photo: Martin Quintana

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