The diplomatic asylum policy of the Venezuelan Government Junta in Cuba (1958-1959)

The article analyzes the policy and practice of diplomatic asylum of the Venezuelan Governing Board in Cuba during the period February 1958-February 1959 in the context of the changing internal political situations and bilateral relations between both countries. Its objective is the recognition of these instruments of international protection and the application that the Venezuelan State made of them in the face of requests for diplomatic asylum presented by politically persecuted persons at its Embassy in the Habana. The research is supported by the qualitative study of documentation from the Historical Archive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela.