The government of Nicolas Madurothrough a statement from its Foreign Ministry, accused Uruguay to be part of a group of countries that, together with former Latin American presidents, wants to intervene in the electoral process of Venezuela.
The statement, released by the Venezuelan foreign minister Yvan Gil through X, ensures that the group, which includes Uruguay next to Argentina, Peru, Paraguay, Panama, Coast delicious, Ecuador, Guatemala and Republic Dominican -the nations that issued a joint message calling for transparency in the electoral count- is a new version of the “infamous, deceased and defeated” Lima Group“and which aims to “distort what has been expressed today in peace and with a civic spirit in our country, which is nothing other than the right of the people to choose.”
According to the text of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, officials from the aforementioned countries operate in conjunction with “international right-wing hitmen specialized in destabilizing Latin American countries,” among which it mentions the former presidents of Argentina, Mauricio Macriand from Colombia, Ivan Duke.
The government of Luis Lacalle Pou The opposition joined a regional statement on Sunday after denouncing intentional delays in the vote count in Venezuela, demanding guarantees that the results will truly reflect the popular will, thus suggesting concern about possible fraud.
“The right to vote in Venezuela is exercised with absolute freedom and legality under the aegis of our laws and the control of one of the five powers of the State, the National Electoral Council. And it is done through a transparent, secure and inviolable system, recognized as one of the best in the world,” added the Chavista Foreign Ministry. “The same people who recognized a puppet in 2019, intend to impose it today,” it added in reference to the process that, 5 years ago, ended with the recognition of several governments in the region of the opposition. Juan Guaidó as Venezuelan acting president.
“This miserable and desperate operation is destined to fail because Venezuela is a free and sovereign country and will never accept impositions or blackmail, much less from international bodies without morals and legality to attack our rights and our people,” he concludes.
Source: Ambito
