The foreign minister denounced that the regime of Nicolás Maduro “is persecuting people, arresting people, making people disappear.”
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Omar Paganiniinsisted on the Uruguayan government’s harsh condemnation of the situation in Venezuelawhich he considered “desperate” while categorically describing the regime as a “ferocious dictatorship” Nicolas Maduro.
“The regime attempted fraud, it was very clear, it did not go beyond that issue and what it is doing is repression, it is persecuting people, it is arresting people, it is making people disappear, there are dead people in the streets,” he told Ámbito and other media present at the conversation with the nationalist presidential candidate, Alvaro Delgado, in the Chamber of Commerce and Services (CCySUy)“The regime is turning to its worst side, which is that of a ferocious dictatorship,” he stressed.
Paganini recalled the case of the former opposition governor William Davilawho is a Uruguayan resident and has been missing for a few days. “There are many like him and we hope that the Venezuelan government comes to its senses, realizes that it is internationally isolated, that it does not have the support of its people, that its population did not vote for it and that, if possible, a path to democratic transition is opened as soon as possible,” he added.
Asked about the possibility of moving towards a condemnation that brings together all the countries of Latin Americathe chancellor commented that on Friday there is an instance of dialogue in Dominican Republicalthough he was cautious about it being achieved at that same meeting.
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“All the international pressure can help the opposition to maintain its activity, to continue to militate peacefully as it has done. To the extent that they know that they have support from all of Latin America and from all the democrats of the world, it can help them to maintain this struggle that we know is very difficult,” he reflected.
“Constructive” dialogue between China and Mercosur
Foreign Minister Omar Paganini also referred to the first meeting in almost six years of the negotiating table between the Mercosur and Chinawhich took place on Monday in Montevideo. “It was constructive, at each person’s own pace, but wanting to move forward,” he described it.
“It was set as a schedule, there will be another meeting next year, in the meantime China will propose a working mechanism that we will have to evaluate in the coming months and we will move forward with an idea of decreasing resistance, that is, doing things that everyone agrees on and then moving on to the more delicate issues that are related to trade,” he explained.
Regarding the free trade agreement alone, Uruguay Regarding the power, Paganini assured that “we are available to do everything we can to advance on our side and we understand that we are legally authorized to do so.” However, he stressed that “China also wants to convince the rest of Mercosur as much as possible.”
Source: Ambito
