The political situation in Venezuela He got involved in the campaign for the elections 2024, with the Wide Front (FA) questioning that the government of Nicolas Maduro incurs a “little trap” by disqualifying opposition candidates, while from the National Party condemn this position by insisting that it is a dictatorship.
The strongest crossover occurred in the last hours between the presidential candidate Yamandu Orsi, who assured that in the Caribbean country “there is a strong dose of authoritarianism,” after which the main candidate of the PN, Alvaro Delgado, He questioned the statements and pointed out that “when there are no free elections it is a dictatorship.”
Orsi spoke at a press conference when asked about the disqualification of opposition leaders in Venezuela, as happened with the historical anti-Chavista leader, María Corina Machado, added to the fact that he could not register Corina Yoris in the electoral contest.
“In democracy I like my horse to win if all the horses run. If there is any horse left out, it is at least an imperfect democracy. If I leave any out, I don’t win, I am making a mistake.” trick”, held the former mayor of Canelones.
Without fully defining himself, he warned that “if you leave people out it is not democracy,” but countered that “dictatorship is how you access the government.” “If I leave someone out of an electoral contest, there is a strong dose of authoritarianism,” Orsi posed.
Álvaro Delgado’s response
The statements of the opposition leader did not go down well with the ruling party, to the point that Slim He quickly responded through his X account, pointing out that “it is not just a ‘trap’, when there is free elections It is a dictatorship anywhere in the world”, in line with the position of the Executive.
The former Secretary of the Presidency delved into this point and asked himself: “Why does Wide Front it’s so hard to define Venezuela like a dictatorship? What commitment do you have with Ripe?”.
Something similar was raised by the candidate of the Colorado Party, Robert Silva, who stated: “It is not a ‘trampita’, it is a dictatorship that represses, proscribes and imprisons unjustly in our Latin America. Without fear and without ideological ties, we must be encouraged and say it with all the letters.”
Delgado thus pointed out against Orsi’s statements, but also against the recent statements of the FA pre-candidate, Carolina Cosse, who sometimes preferred to “not get involved in internal issues” of the countries, while in the last hours he asked to “protect and defend the Uruguay”, when consulted about the decision to maintain the embassy in Venezuelan territory.
“In principle it seems to me that we have to be there, but in any country,” said the mayor of Montevideo in use of license and warned that if she is elected she will promote “adherence and adhesion to international law and an intense trade promotion agenda.”
From the opposition coalition, one of those who spoke out loudest against the Maduro administration was the former president Jose Mujica, who pointed out that “the Venezuela “It is an authoritarian government, you can call it a dictator.”
Previous crossings between the government and Venezuela
The controversy is fully involved in the campaign, but has its origin in the numerous previous intersections between the Uruguayan government and its Venezuelan counterpart, at times where the president Luis Lacalle Pou He even said that it “breaks your eyes” that there is a dictatorship in that country.
That position, shared within the Republican Coalition, earned criticism from the Caribbean country, with the vice president Delcy Rodriguez accusing Lacalle Pou of being a “lackey” of his “northern masters”, in reference to USA.
While, Ripe accused the Uruguayan president of being “complicit in the genocide in Palestine”, considering that he has “double standards” by criticizing his country and not what happened in the Gaza Strip.
Source: Ambito
