Ecuador opens a dangerous Pandora's box with the assault on the Mexican embassy. The revolutionary allies of Andrés Manuel López Obrador this Saturday overwhelmingly supported the president of Mexico.
"It is an act of barbarism, something never seen in Latin America. The right-wing, pro-Yankee government brutally violated International Law, kidnapping a political asylum seeker. Venezuela raises its voice forcefully to reject this fascist act," pontificated Nicolás Maduro. Six close collaborators of the opposition leader María Corina Machado remain refugees, under siege by Chavista agents.