The opposition leader in Venezuela, Maria Corina Machadoand the president Luis Lacalle Pou They had an exchange in the run-up to one of the most important elections that the South American country faces this Sunday. Both agreed on the importance of and commitment to “free elections.”
President Lacalle Pou He communicated in the last few hours with the Venezuelan politician, originally a candidate for the opposition but politically disqualified by the government of Nicolas Maduro. The conversation was highlighted by Machado on social media, where she thanked the Uruguayan president for his “permanent support and solidarity” with the “fight for democracy and freedom.”
“A few hours from 28J, He reaffirmed his commitment to the values that unite us and conveyed his admiration for the great example of civic courage that Venezuelans give to the world,” he wrote in X (formerly Twitter).
After this message, Lacalle Pou He responded to the opposition leader to Chavismo also through the social media platform, and said that her commitment and effort “for the Venezuelan cause” is “admirable.”
“We have said it time and again: free elections, respect for human rights and full democracy,” he said, ratifying the commitment that Uruguay He has expressed this on numerous occasions in view of Sunday’s elections, which will put at stake a re-election for a third term for Maduro or the renewal of the former ambassador’s hand Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia.
Only 400 Venezuelans in Uruguay will be able to vote on Sunday
Despite the importance of the election, only 400 of the 40,000 Venezuelans living in Uruguay will be able to vote on Sunday. “It is something that, unfortunately, the Government put in place, to limit the majority of the diaspora from being able to vote. In fact, today, in the world, of eight million Venezuelans who are spread throughout the planet, only 69,000 are eligible to vote,” he explained to Telenoche. Angel Arellano, of the Venezuelan-Uruguayan Chamber.
“It is a sad, absurd figure, which speaks of what the government has done to prevent people from exercising their rights,” he added. The percentage is only 1%.
“We still have faith that things will improve, that there will be a transition to democracyin which, finally, there is an alternation that allows the country to get out of the quagmire and democracy to return to Venezuela”, Arellano continued, noting that “the Uruguayan society” accompanies that feeling and desire for change.
According to the Venezuelan journalist Luis Carlos Diaz to Radio Carve, the pollsters The most serious polls in the country give more than 60% of voting intention to the opposition candidate González Urrutia.
Source: Ambito
