"We have been in contact with both foreign ministries and requested full guarantees and respect for the human rights of our compatriots," Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil said on his social networks this Saturday. The government of Nicolás Maduro has thus broken into the border crisis that exists between Peru and Chile, where at least 300 people, including children and pregnant women, according to Amnesty International, are trapped when the Peruvian military forces prevent their entry to the Andean country.
The tension has caused a diplomatic scuffle between the two governments while incidents proliferate on the so-called Line of Concord among those who desperately want to continue their journey north. A Colombian was seriously injured when he received a stone thrown by protesters.
The Prosecutor's Office of the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigates the Chavista leaders for crimes against humanity, among which extrajudicial executions, torture, rape, arbitrary arrests and forced disappearances stand out. In addition, different United Nations agencies have confirmed that the human rights violations in Venezuela are part of a systematic plan to persecute and repress those who oppose the Bolivarian revolution.
Chavismo's proposal involves sending planes from the state airline Conviasa, "that can land and take off in the area, as well as supply fuel in a possible operation of our Plan Vuelta a la Patria, which allows us to return safely to our compatriots", added the foreign minister.
The Plan Vuelta a la Patria, a success according to revolutionary propaganda, has only achieved the return to Venezuela of 31,000 people out of a total of 7.5 million emigrants who make up one of the largest diasporas in history. An insignificant percentage: 0.41%.
Since this exodus began, Nicolás Maduro has denied its existence or has blamed it on the greed of neighboring countries and the deception of social networks.
The tightening of immigration controls in Chile for weeks pushed emigrants (also Haitians, Colombians and Ecuadorians) to seek the border with Peru and Bolivia. But the Government of Lima, which directly accused Venezuelans of being guilty of the wave of insecurity that the country is suffering, declared a state of emergency and deployed its military to close its border.
The countries are studying, without success so far, how to open a humanitarian corridor to facilitate the return of emigrants. The UN has demanded immediate dialogue to unlock the humanitarian crisis.
"We are hurt by the reaction of the natives who have taken a completely adverse position towards the foreigner," agreed the Peruvian and Chilean bishops from the border area. The Peruvian Episcopal Conference has also declared that "Venezuelan migrants are forced to leave their homeland en masse due to the political situation that unfortunately prevails in their country."
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