MEXICO CITY — Mexico diplomatic residence in Venezuela’s capital took in a member of that country’s opposition-controlled congress, the foreign affairs ministry said Tuesday. Casella is president of the congress subcommittee on human rights and a member of opposition leader Juan Guaido’s Popular Will party. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has repeatedly stressed that Mexico will maintain a strict non-intervention policy in Venezuela and elsewhere. By taking Casella in, Mexico said, it is “reiterating its commitment to respect, protect and promote human rights” regardless of a person’s political affiliation. Last week, Mexico expressed concern over human rights in Venezuela, particularly the right to due process and the immunity from prosecution given to elected lawmakers.

Source: National Post May 15, 2019 02:15 UTC