Venezuelan ambassador works out of his condo in Ottawa to avoid tensions with Maduro embassy staff

Orlando Viera-Blanco, Venezuela's ambassador to Canada, sits in Ottawa on Wednesday. Canada officially recognized Mr. Viera-Blanco as ambassador last November, when he presented his credentials to the Governor-General in Ottawa.Venezuela’s ambassador to Canada is working out of his Ottawa condo in an effort to avoid tensions with the embassy, which is staffed by political opponents loyal to socialist President Nicolas Maduro.

“I have no intention to create more tension with this presence but I understand that on a legal basis, I’m the head of the mission,” Mr. Viera-Blanco said in an interview with The Globe and Mail. Venezuela’s economy has collapsed under the Maduro government, with inflation topping one million per cent in the past year. Facing widespread food and medicine shortages, more than 4.5 million people have fled Venezuela since 2015 – a number the United Nations refugee agency predicts will grow to 6.5 million by the end of 2020.

Mr. Viera-Blanco, a former international corporate lawyer, says he does not communicate with the Maduro-appointed diplomats at the Venezuelan embassy. He says that while the situation is not ideal, he is committed to making it work for the betterment of his country.

globepolitics So Sad that PM Trudeau became a Puppet of USA. Guaido Was Elected in Washington. President Maduro Was Elected in Venezuela X Venezuelans in Free and Democratic Elections : Shame on You PM U Became an Henchmen of Trump in Latin America.

globepolitics Criminal asshole.

globepolitics Plus he doesn’t have to battle the wicked Ottawa winter commute 🥶

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