The elected president of Venezuela, Edmundo González Urrutiabegan a strong international offensive in recent days to try to twist the decision of Nicolas Maduro facing January 10, the day he will assume the Presidency of the country. This tour includes a visit to the region and meetings with the presidents of Argentina and Uruguay.
After arrival at the Pink House scheduled for Saturday, González will travel to Uruguay to meet with the president Luis Lacalle For and with the chancellor Omar Paganiniaccording to the Uruguayan newspaper The Country. Uruguay is one of the countries that has recognized González as the winner of the elections and has requested that international pressure be maintained so that Venezuela makes a turn towards democracy.
González will arrive in Montevideo on Saturday, January 4 and will be received by the two hierarchs. The visit of the opponent to the Chavista regime will take place after his passage through Argentina. The meeting with the president Javier Miley It is scheduled for 11 in the morning. As reported Infobaein that meeting the president will express his support a few days before the date scheduled for the end of the mandate of the current authorities.
In an official statement accessed Infobaethe Elected Presidency of Venezuela specified that the meeting with the Argentine president will take place within the framework of the beginning of an international tour. And he called on the Venezuelan community residing in Argentina to gather in Plaza de Mayo to accompany the alternatives of the meeting.
The Uruguayan president, meanwhile, has been critical of the Maduro regime from the first moment, and since before assuming the Presidency – on March 1, 2020 – lor defined as a dictatorship. Lacalle Pou was one of the first leaders to react to the result of July 28: “Not like that! It was an open secret. “They were going to ‘win’ without prejudice to the real results,” said the Uruguayan head of state. “The process until election day and the scrutiny was clearly flawed. “You cannot recognize a triumph if you do not trust the form and mechanisms used to achieve it,” wrote.
Later, He called for the minutes to be shown and then came the government’s recognition of González’s victory. On August 2, Foreign Minister Paganini wrote on the social network
As the weeks passed, the Uruguayan Foreign Ministry insisted on continuing with “international pressure” so that Venezuela is on the path to democracy. “The regime is very isolated. International pressure must be maintained for a path to democracy to appear,” declared Paganini.
The chancellor also declared that the Maduro regime shows that it does not plan to change its mind. “He is fleeing forward and closing doorsbut we also see how the Venezuelan population is very peacefully mobilized, asking for democracy. (We see) like every weekend there are large mobilizations. We hope, then, that they come to their senses and open a path towards democracy, a peaceful solution, but a solution towards freedom,” said the chancellor.
The opposition leader Maria Corina MachadoMeanwhile, he has had telephone conversations with both Paganini and Lacalle Pou, and has highlighted Uruguay’s position. In December, interviewed on Channel 5, He highlighted that Uruguay “has become a beacon of freedom” for his defense of democratic institutions. “Understanding that what is happening in Venezuela goes beyond an ideological issue of the left or the right. “This is an issue of defense of freedoms, human dignity and surveillance of the republic,” he said. He added that he hopes that the elected government of Yamandú Orsi will have the same attitude.
