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Venezuelan Opposition Group Ends Occupation of Embassy in Brazil

Reuters

   BRASILIA - Backers of Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido left
   the country's embassy in Brasilia on Wednesday, after a tense 11-hour
   standoff that created a diplomatic embarrassment for Brazil's right
   wing government.

   Brazil's foreign ministry said a diplomat it sent to mediate a peaceful
   end to the dispute managed to convince the group of 10 people to leave
   the mission.

   Representatives of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro later regained
   access to the building, creating a tricky situation for Brazil's
   President Jair Bolsonaro, who has recognized Guaido as the legitimate
   leader of Venezuela.

   The incident caused scuffles outside the embassy in an embarrassment
   for Brazil's government as it hosts the BRICS summit of major emerging
   economies in the capital on Wednesday and Thursday. Leaders Xi Jinping
   of China and Vladimir Putin of Russia, who support Maduro, attended the
   event.

   Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said on Twitter the "violent"
   occupation had ended peacefully, thanks to the intervention of the
   Brazilian authorities.

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