Venezuela: Politics and Government
Commons · Question 23272 · Tabled 13 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Rosindell
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of reports of the detention and subsequent release of María Corina Machado; and what represen
Answer
Answered by Catherine West, 23 Jan 2025
The reported arbitrary detention of Maria Corina Machado was unacceptable. The UK already strongly condemns the ongoing repression against civil society and members of the opposition in Venezuela. We regularly call this out in our public statements and we...