When Lorena Delgado approached the Venezuelan consulate in
Colombia’s capital on a recent afternoon hoping to extend the life of her
expiring passport, she found the metal gates to the languishing building
shuttered. Days earlier, Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro had severed ties with
the neighboring Andean nation where over a million of his compatriots have fled
in recent years, recalling all his diplomats and leaving the consulate and
embassy buildings closed. The man challenging Maduro’s claim to the presidency
had appointed a new ambassador, but he was at a loss about how to help her.
Despite Colombia recognizing Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s legitimate president,
the ambassador he sent does not have access to the consulate or the ability to
issue passport extensions. More…
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