Argentine Ambassador to Ecuador Gabriel Fuks has left the country amid a diplomatic furore caused by former Ecuadorian minister María de los Ángeles Duarte fleeing from the Argentine embassy in Quito. She had been living as a guest in the Argentine embassy in Quito since 2020 and was granted diplomatic asylum there in 2022, along with her son, whose father is Argentine. On Monday, she fled to the Argentine embassy in Caracas, Venezuela — Ecuador considers her a fugitive. “And not on one, but multiple occasions.”The Argentine government denies Fuks’ involvement in Duarte’s escape and contends that her surveillance was under the Ecuadorian security force’s jurisdiction. Both countries expelled their ambassadors as a result of the diplomatic row, although bilateral ties have not been cut.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald March 18, 2023 06:45 UTC