Diplomatic relations with Spain and the rest of the EU are in jeopardy due to calls for Maduro’s support dictatorial
Sputnik, Europa Press and AFP
The newspaper La Jornada
Tuesday, September 17, 2024, p. 26
Caracas. Venezuela’s Minister of the Interior, Justice and Peace, Diosdado Cabello, announced yesterday that the country’s security agencies carried out a new seizure of weapons from the United States, which were allegedly used in acts to destabilize this Caribbean nation, days after the authorities announced another similar seizure, when citizens of American, Spanish and Czech nationality linked to the aforementioned uprising were arrested.
Today, thanks to intelligence work, at this moment, in a place in Venezuela we made a new and important seizure of arsenal; it is in full development.he said in an interview on the television program With Maduro+although he did not offer details.
In this regard, President Nicolás Maduro stated that the security forces They are acting so that peace and tranquility continue to reign in Venezuela..
Investigation report being prepared
Later we will talk about who plotted, who ordered, who financed, because all these elements are also in the investigation, the assault on the Miraflores palace on Monday 29 and Tuesday 30, where we were all, the high political command directing the establishment of peace.he commented.
He also denounced that at this moment the United States government is openly violating the Charter of the United Nations Organization. for their actions of instigating violence in the nation. On Saturday, Cabello reported the seizure of 400 rifles from the United States. In this case, he said that three American citizens, two Spaniards and one Czech were arrested, which has triggered a diplomatic crisis with those countries.
The Venezuelan government yesterday assessed the current situation of its relations with Spain, with a view to possible measures, in relation to the tension in bilateral relations following the Venezuelan presidential elections, the granting of asylum to the former Venezuelan presidential candidate Edmundo González and the arrest of the two Spaniards.
On the 12th, the authorities called Madrid’s representative in Caracas, Ramón Santos Martínez, for consultations following statements by the Spanish Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, considered as interventionists to qualify as dictatorship to the Maduro government, during a statement on the cases of Venezuelan politicians who have had to leave their country.
Cabello also stated that the High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, is in the garbage dump of historyand which became the institution in colonialist and warmongerafter he accused the Venezuelan government of being dictatorial and authoritarianand reported that There are more than 2 thousand people arbitrarily detained following the presidential elections on July 28.
In an interview on Telecinco, Borrell commented on the diplomatic crisis with Venezuela, which could intensify if, as expected, the European Parliament approves in the coming weeks a motion similar to that of the Spanish Congress of Deputies, and recognizes the right-wing opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia as the legitimate president and the winner of the elections, reported Armando G. Tejeda, correspondent of The Day in Madrid.
Pedro Sánchez chooses a conciliatory tone
In a more conciliatory tone, the president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, stated at an event of his party that he is committed to Defending democracy everywhere in the world, including Venezuelaand demanded the Maduro government publish the electoral records and allow for impartial and independent verification of the results of the recent elections.
Meanwhile, González Urrutia met with former president José María Aznar, after having met with former presidents Felipe González and Mariano Rajoy in previous days, as well as having met with Pedro Sánchez himself at the official residence of La Moncloa.