Reuters, AFP, Prensa Latina and Europa Press
The newspaper La Jornada
Tuesday, August 6, 2024, p. 22
Caracas. The United States is in close contact with Brazil, Mexico and Colombia on a path forward for Venezuela after the July 28 elections, White House spokesman Matthew Miller said yesterday.
The official called on Venezuelan parties to engage Talks on a peaceful transition back to democratic normsMiller once again acknowledged the opposition’s victory in the elections in the South American country.
Donald Trump, for his part, said that Venezuela is governed by a dictator, without mentioning President Nicolás Maduro by name.
The Republican presidential candidate, in an interview on the Kick platform, added that crime in the Bolivarian country has decreased because “they have moved their criminal elements to the United States.
They are drug traffickers, murderers and rapists. They have moved everything to the United States.Trump said without presenting evidence.
Meanwhile, the National Lawyers Guild of the United States stated that He observed in Venezuela a participatory and pluralistic process, in which today the people are directly linked to the social and political life of their nation..
The Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, considered imperialist claims external and anticipated opinions against the recent Venezuelan elections.
Similarly, the nine countries of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States congratulated Maduro for his victory and re-election. We are based on the principle that elections must be free from external interferencethey noted.
Emmanuel Macron, President of France, expressed his support for the aspiration of the Venezuelan people for a transparent electionafter a telephone conversation with his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Meanwhile, the president of Argentina, Javier Milei, responded to statements made the day before by Maduro, who assured that both the Argentine president and the millionaire and owner of the social network X, Elon Musk, belong to a satanic sect of American power.
The communists are attacking us with insolence and mercilessness, to exterminate us, our women and children, and to seize our spoils. Heaven will crush them before us; do not be afraid of them!Milei posted on social media.
At the time of going to press, Chilean President Gabriel Boric posted on X: Now the Maduro regime announces criminal prosecution against Gonzalez and Machado, while repressing its people, who demand respect for their democratically expressed will. We advocate for respect for the human rights of protesters and opposition leaders..
To which Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil replied on the social network: No, Mr. Boric! This is your government that kneels before the excesses of the extreme right and fascism. Here we do have a strong State and a justice system that protects the people and does not persecute them, as happens in your country, where being left-wing is very dangerous. Whoever calls for a coup d’état, like Pinochet, will be investigated and judged in our country. If you surrendered and gave in to this practice, it is your problem. Do not involve us in your ideological and democratic shortcomings..