On Monday, the elected president of Bolivia, Rodrigo Paz, had a telephone conversation with the opposition leader María Corina Machado, whom he did formally invite to his inauguration and described as “an inspiration for democracy in Latin America.”
The elected president of Bolivia, Rodrigo Paz Pereira, confirmed that he will not invite the leaders of Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua to his inauguration ceremony, scheduled for November 8, considering that “they are not democratic governments.”
In an interview for CNN in SpanishPaz was emphatic when responding: «We are a democratic country. “Although there are diplomatic relations to be respected, our relationship is based on democracy.”
He elected presidentwith a centrist tendency, added that “the regimes of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua are clearly not democratic.”
“I wouldn’t want my country to be any of those three,” he said.
Peace’s declaration reinforces the diplomatic turn that his government promises, which seeks to strengthen ties with countries close to its tendency.
On Monday, Rodrigo Paz also had a telephone conversation with opposition leader María Corina Machado, whom he formally invited to his inauguration and described as “an inspiration for democracy in Latin America.”
In the interview, the elected president also denied having agreed with the Movement towards Socialism (MAS) to come to power and assured that his victory represents the closing of a political cycle that, in his opinion, has harmed the country.
“You have to be quite masochistic to be linked to something that has not done good for the country,” he said.
Also consider that this is a moment of profound change. «We must close a cycle. It is no longer a problem of just being non-masist. “We must open up the country and understand a Bolivia of the future with other diversities, other contributions.”
*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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