The senator of Frente Amplio Alejandro Sánchez asked the opposition candidate and leader of the space that is part of the left coalition, Yamandu Orsi, that Uruguay positions itself as a “solution center” for political conflicts, within the framework of the discussion around the political situation of Venezuela.
The disqualification of the opponent Maria Corina Machado and the arrest of the activist Rocío San Miguel they reinstalled the theme Venezuela in all debates in the region and, in Uruguay, In addition to taking the usual partisan tone, it was positioned as an issue in the electoral campaign that has just begun. In that sense, the former Secretary of the Presidency and pre-candidate of the National Party, Álvaro Delgado, urged that all applicants to be the successor of Luis Lacalle Pou at the head of the Republic sign a letter to support the Venezuelan opposition leader.
In response, and in an interview with Radio El Espectador, the Broad Front senator Sánchez stated that Uruguay He should stop being “a school teacher” who gives his opinion on whether a country has democracy or not, and proposed forming at the local level “a center where political dialogue can be generated on all the problems that exist in the different countries of America.” Latina and that it is negotiated here.”
This proposal was also transferred to Orsi, with whom he militates within the Popular Participation Movement (MPP) —which integrates the Broad Front—, and who is emerging as the main candidate of the left coalition, according to the polls.
The idea is to form “a political dispute resolution center” that provides “guarantees that it can be discussed” and that is “integrated into the foreign policy” of the State. According to the senator, the initiative is under consideration, although it would be applicable, in any case, as of March 1, 2025, with the assumption of an eventual government of the current mayor of Cannelloni.
“Uruguay It is a solid democracy, of parties, where we respect each other, and what we could do so that in Latin America improve democracy—more than saying this is democratic or this is not democratic—is that they come and talk here in Uruguay”, Sánchez stated in this regard.
A letter for all democracies
Regarding Delgado’s request to sign a letter in support of María Corina Machado, Sánchez redoubled the bet and asked that the nationalist candidate also promote this type of initiative for all countries where there is no free elections, for example China or Arab countries.
“Álvaro Delgado says: ‘We are going to sign all the candidates so that there are free elections in Venezuela’. I wonder: And in China, which is our main business partner, Aren’t we going to sign for free elections? In other words, the democratic values that we, as a power of three million Uruguayans, are going to demand from the world, are we going to demand it from some and not others?” asked the MPP senator.
“Let’s sign a letter that says: I hope there are free and democratic elections in all countries throughout the world. Or in countries where the President of the Republic gave a racehorse… Is there democracy in those Arab countries? There isn’t either,” he added.
“What happens is that in Venezuela there is Petroleum. Let’s do a statistic: where there is abundant oil, is there democracy? “I would tell you no,” she noted later.
Source: Ambito