Germany, relying on the difficult living conditions and the deteriorating security situation in Venezuela, is reducing its embassy staff in the country. „The situation in Venezuela is escalating, especially the humanitarian situation in the capital,“ said a spokesman for the Foreign Office.
Most recently, the energy supply collapsed for days. In addition, head of state Nicolás Maduro delivers for weeks a bitter power struggle with the self-appointed interim president Juan Guaidó. In the course of which the German Ambassador Daniel Kriener of the country had been expelled. He was accused of interfering in domestic affairs. After returning to Berlin, Kriener advised Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (SPD) on how to proceed.
The massive power outages had a very strong impact on the daily lives of the population, said the Foreign Ministry spokesman. „Immediately affected are food, drinking water and medical care, as well as plundering and fatalities due to deteriorating medical care.“ Earlier, the US had already announced that it would remove its remaining embassy staff from the country
