The ex-president Jose Mujica questioned the government again Nicolás Maduro, by pointing out that “Venezuela does not respect the elementary laws of democracy”, in reference to the political situation in that country, with the arrest of the opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and other leaders of their space.
Besides, Mujica He assured in statements to Multimedios Rincón that Argentina “he went to the other side”, alluding to the arrival to the Presidency of Javier Milei, whom he criticized several times as “a fanatical ideologue.”
When asked during a tour of National Expoactiva The former president referred to the Venezuelan reality and compared: “Do you know what the misfortune of Venezuela? It is similar to that of Argentina. “She is too rich and they have surrounded her.”
“He has a stubborn regime that is blindfolded. It is contradictory, because when you have a square under siege, any dissenter is a traitor,” compared the referent of the Broad Front.
Along the same lines, he maintained that “Venezuela’s political system is like always being on guard” and considered that “it does not respect the elementary laws of the democracy”, after which he urged Maduro to “respect those who think differently.”
“Argentina went the other way”
On the other hand, Mujica warned that Argentina “went from one side to the other,” by targeting Milei, but comparing it with the former president’s mandate. Alberto Fernandez, seconded by the also former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
“I hope there is some needle that seeks the middle a little,” he analyzed the situation in the neighboring country, whose problems affected Uruguay in the last moment.
“Aristotle 2,500 years ago he said: when men make laws they have the Gods at their side, but when they are going to comply with them the gods are not there. It is not the institutions that fail, we humans fail,” he stated.
When asked if those nations should learn something from the country, the former head of state stated: “Uruguay It is tame because it has many more cows than people. And the cows are good, they eat grass and don’t bother anyone.”
What analysis did you make of the 2024 elections?
Finally, Mujica referred to the elections 2024 and anticipated that “the Wide Front has a chance of winning,” although he warned: “There are 50,000 votes that go one way or the other. That is what defines the country.”
In any case, he once again sent a message about the tone of the campaign and the need to articulate State policies. “The next day after the elections we have the same reality, that is why I am here, worried about the irrigation. We must generate a long-term national policy,” he concluded.
Source: Ambito
