Santiago Peña ratified Edmundo González Urrutia’s recognition of Paraguay as the winner of the presidential elections and said that his country “will always be a firm defender of democracy in the region and in the world.”
The administration of Nicolás Maduro issued a statement this Monday, January 6, announcing the breaking of diplomatic relations with Paraguay, after its president, Santiago Peña, expressed his support for Edmundo González Urrutia in a telephone conversation.
In the text, the Executive “categorically” rejected Peña’s statements for repeating “a failed practice that recalls the political fantasies of the extinct Lima Group with its ‘ridiculous’ adventure called Guaidó,” ensuring that the Paraguayan president ignored the International Law and the principle of non-intervention.
In the opinion of the authorities, this shows the intention to reissue strategies “without political support” and for this reason, they described it as “regrettable” that Paraguay couples its foreign policy with the interests of other countries and, in that sense, ordered the immediate return of the personnel. diplomat who is accredited in the South American nation.
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The president of Paraguay, Santiago Peña, spoke night of January 5 with Edmundo González Urrutia and ratified his recognition as the winner of the presidential elections, as well as promising to contribute to the “restoration of democracy” in Venezuela.
“Today I had a conversation with Edmundo González Urrutia, winner of the presidential elections in Venezuela, and with María Corina Machado, a prominent leader of the opposition to the Nicolás Maduro regime,” the president published on his social networks.
He also expressed the need for the region to unite in order to establish absolute respect for the will of the citizens and prevent authoritarianism from continuing in the area.
“I expressed our commitment to continue working together with the international community, not only to recognize his victory, but to contribute to the prompt restoration of democracy in Venezuela,” Peña added after highlighting that “Paraguay will always be a firm defender of democracy.” in the region and in the world.
*Journalism in Venezuela is carried out in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments in place to punish the word, especially the laws “against hate”, “against fascism” and “against the blockade.” This content was written taking into consideration the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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