The permanent representative to the Organization of American States for Uruguay, Washington Abdala, said in a video that “time plays in favor of freedom, democracy and plays against tyrants, despots.”
The permanent representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) for Uruguay, Washington Abdala, sent an emotional message to Venezuelans on the afternoon of this Tuesday, December 24, where he expresses his support for the fight for democracy.
“A big hug from the south. A tight hug during these holidays, a very emotional hug around this reconquest for freedom, which you are experiencing it, pulling it, making it real“, the official begins in the 50-second video.
Abdala added: “No one is going to give you anything, you are reconquering it for yourselves. These festivals are different, they have a schedule that begins to run and time works in their favor, in favor of freedom, of democracy and works against the tyrants, the despots.”
I hug my Venezuelan brothers. pic.twitter.com/qtzs9wIBB1
— Washington Abdala (@turkabdala) December 24, 2024
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Finally, he expressed that those who lead this defense of democracy “are clear about it.” “To continue, not to loosen an centimeter, not to take a step back. Everything that comes is much better,” he predicted.
The message arrives on the eve of the inauguration on January 10, the date on which Nicolás Maduro affirms that he will be sworn in and Edmundo González Urrutia assures that he will return to Venezuela for his inauguration. Despite questions from the international community, The National Electoral Council continues without showing the minutes, nor the results 100% counted table by table.
In August, the ambassador went viral after sending a strong message against Nicolás Maduro in rejection of the post-election crisis. At that time he expressed “What is believed, that eight million Venezuelans went out for tourism?what is not understood. It is a passionate tone, I apologize, but there is no more space and we will have to tell the dictator: sir, you have to leave there, they don’t want you anymore.”
Abdala made the statements during the OAS Permanent Council in which a resolution by consensus, which required Venezuela to publish “expeditiously” all the minutes from the presidential elections that took place on July 28.
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