Venezuela Backtracks Deal on Opposition Leader Aides’ Exit to Argentina

Venezuela’s government backtracked on a deal to allow six aides to opposition leader María Corina Machado to seek asylum in Argentina, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter.

The Nicolás Maduro government never issued documents granting them safe passage out of the country in April, claiming they had knowledge Machado’s aides would use them to flee to another destination, a senior Argentinian official said, asking not to be named because the discussions are confidential. Contact between the two governments stopped shortly after, he added.