The United States Department of State ordered Thursday the departure of Venezuela from relatives of its personnel in the embassy of Caracas, three days before the elections to elect the members of the Constituent Assembly convened by President Nicolas Mature.
The US government also reported that it authorized the voluntary departure of its personnel in the capital of the Latin American nation , shaken by a serious political and social crisis since the beginning of April.
In a travel warning, the State Department justified this decision by the "riot s social", "violent crimes" and "widespread food and medicine" is missing in that country .
"The political and security situation in Venezuela is unpredictable and can change rapidly," the statement said.
And he adds that "indiscriminate violent crime is endemic throughout the country and can occur anywhere and at any time."
This news is known a day after the White House announced a new round of sanctions against senior Venezuelan officials , on this occasion 13 related to the election to the Constituent Assembly, the repression of protests in recent months and the handling of Key areas of the economy.
The United States government imposes a new round of sanctions against 13 senior Venezuelan officials
The announcement of the State Department comes amid two days of general strike convened by the opposition , in which at least six people have died, and three of the next Sunday of the election the members of the National Constituent Assembly , Who must draft a new Constitution.
Prohibition
This Thursday the government of Venezuela decreed the prohibition of demonstrations and protests in the face of the elections of Sunday.
Venezuelan Interior Minister Néstor Reverol said in a televised message that those who organize, instigate and participate in marches or similar events to protest against the vote will receive sentences ranging from 5 to 10 years in prison.
The Venezuelan government prohibits demonstrations in the run-up to elections for the Constituent Assembly and the opposition extends the "takeover of Caracas" to the whole country
After being informed of this news, the opposition, which prepared for Friday a protest in Caracas against the Constituent, has now decided to extend it to the whole country.
"The dictatorship says that we can not manifest from tomorrow. So, tomorrow is not the taking of Caracas, but of all Venezuela!", Wrote in his Twitter account the opposition deputy Freddy Guevara.
In the afternoon of Thursday, opposition MP Jorge Millán said that the so-called "Toma de Venezuela" will begin at 12:30 PM on Friday and will last for three days.
Meanwhile, President Nicolas Maduro closed in Caracas the act of end of campaign of Chavismo facing the Constituent Assembly .
" I say to Emperor Donald Trump: in Venezuela, the people of Venezuela command, " the president said at the event, in which he also called on the opposition to "To abandon the way of the insurrection" and to sit down to dialogue in a "table of peace".
Maduro closes campaign for the election of the Constituent while the opposition calls to "take Venezuela" this Friday
The Constituent Assembly
The current wave of protests in Venezuela - in which more than 100 people have died - began last April when the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) issued two controversial sentences in which it temporarily assumed all the competencies corresponding to the National Assembly ( AN) , which is in the hands of the opposition and which the government considers in contempt.
Although days later the TSJ suppressed several parts of the judgments, the manifestations continued throughout the national territory.
The opposition has called on Venezuelans to ignore the authority of the president, whom he considers a dictator.
The government, for its part, attributes the country's serious crisis - where basic goods are scarce and there is three-figure inflation - to an "economic war" fomented by the opposition and the United States.
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It also lists opposition members of "terrorists" who are trying to stage a coup and promote international intervention.
In this context, in early May President Maduro announced the convening of a Constituent Assembly to draft a new Constitution to replace that of 1999 , which has been described by the opposition as a "coup."
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