Venezuela, Paraguay break relations over Pena's support for opposition

7/1/2025 6:52

Venezuela broke off diplomatic relations with Paraguay on Monday, with Paraguay expelling Venezuela's diplomats in the country in return, a day after Paraguayan President Santiago Pena expressed support for Venezuela's opposition.



Pena on Sunday spoke with Venezuela's opposition leaders and called Edmundo Gonzalez, who is in exile, the winner of Venezuela's presidential elections last year.



The opposition has published detailed vote tallies showing Gonzalez's win, but President Nicolas Maduro was declared winner by the electoral authority and the nation's top court without presenting such evidence.



Maduro is set to be inaugurated for his third term on Friday.