{"id":22882,"date":"2026-01-03T15:50:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T18:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2026\/01\/03\/argentina-bans-entry-of-venezuelans-with-ties-to-maduro-administration\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T15:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T18:50:16","slug":"argentina-bans-entry-of-venezuelans-with-ties-to-maduro-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2026\/01\/03\/argentina-bans-entry-of-venezuelans-with-ties-to-maduro-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentina bans entry of Venezuelans with ties to Maduro administration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \t\t\t                       \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t Chief of Staff Manuel Adorni announced new immigration restrictions targeting Venezuelan nationals associated with Maduro\u2019s regime in the aftermath of the United States military intervention in Venezuela and capture of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/p>\n<p>    The restrictions, set to be implemented by the National Migration Office, will affect government officials, military personnel, business owners linked to \u201cthe regime,\u201d and those who have been \u201csanctioned by the United States, among others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    \u201cThanks to this decision, Maduro\u2019s accomplices who try to find refuge abroad will not be able to enter our country,\u201d Adorni tweeted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    La Rep\u00fablica Argentina ha adoptado nuevas restricciones migratorias en virtud de la captura del dictador Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/p>\n<p>La Direcci\u00f3n Nacional de Migraciones, en un trabajo conjunto con otros organismos del Estado Nacional, ha establecido restricciones para el ingreso al pa\u00eds de\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manuel Adorni (@madorni) January 3, 2026    He did not offer information about how such individuals would be identified or how these categories would be defined.<\/p>\n<p>    Argentina\u2019s stance    President Javier Milei was one of the few world leaders who expressed support for the actions the United States carried out Saturday morning in Venezuela.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    Shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s announcement that the military operation had been completed, the Argentine president posted \u201cFREEDOM ADVANCES. LONG LIVE FREEDOM, DAMN IT!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    Argentina\u2019s Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno also welcomed the U.S. strike and the capture of Maduro. In a lengthy post on X, he called the ousted Venezuelan president the \u201cleader of the Cartel de los Soles,\u201d a supposed drug gang that the Trump administration claims is led by the Venezuelan government.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    Many experts believe it doesn\u2019t formally exist, but rather is a name Venezuelans use to describe corrupt military officers who deal drugs.<\/p>\n<p>    Quirno added that Argentina hoped the events would bring \u201cdecisive progress against the narcoterrorism affecting the region\u201d and bring \u201cdemocracy, the reign of law and respect for human rights\u201d to the Venezuelan people.<\/p>\n<p>    The foreign minister was one of the first senior figures in the international community to voice the opinion that the entire Maduro administration should be ousted and that the opposition should take power. Maduro claimed victory in Venezuela\u2019s last presidential elections in July 2024, but never provided proof, leading to widespread allegations of fraud.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    Quirno said that Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez Urrutia, the candidate whom the Venezuelan opposition\u2019s unofficial count declared winner, be declared president.<\/p>\n<p>    He also made a point of voicing his support for recent Nobel Peace Prize winner Marina Corina Machado, for her \u201cdefense of democracy and freedom in Venezuela.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    The pro-Machado camp took a hit as Trump refused to back her as the country\u2019s next leader in a press conference he gave explaining the details of the operation.<\/p>\n<p>    \u201cI think it would be very tough for her to be the leader she doesn\u2019t have the support within or the respect within the country,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    \u201cShe\u2019s a very nice woman, but she doesn\u2019t have the respect.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chief of Staff Manuel Adorni announced new immigration restrictions targeting Venezuelan nationals associated with Maduro\u2019s regime in the aftermath of the United States military intervention in Venezuela and capture of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro. 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