The president in charge of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, said this Tuesday that she is willing to dialogue with the “extremism” of her country, in an allusion to the opposition, but not to admit “another aggression”, after the capture of President Nicolás Maduro during a military operation in Caracas, on January 3.
In the ceremony, broadcast by the state channel Venezolana de Televisión (VTV), the president assured that “all those who truly love Venezuela” can participate in the dialogue, but asked those who “intend to perpetuate damage and aggression” to stay “in Washington.”
“They are not going to come in here to harm the peace and tranquility of the republic. There will be law and there will be justice,” he warned.
“We are willing to understand, we are willing to dialogue, but we are not willing to another aggression, that they have to look for the nuclear powers to attack our people and try to blackmail and extort them,” Rodríguez declared during an event in which the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) recognized her as commander in chief.
Chavismo points out as “extremism” the opposition led by María Corina Machado, whom it has even called “violent.” Although Rodríguez did not mention the Nobel Peace Prize winner in his speech, the opponent is in Washington, after leaving the country last December – after eleven months in hiding -, heading to Oslo, where she received the recognition granted by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
The president in charge of Venezuela also took advantage of the event to call on the Bolivarian National Armed Forces and other security forces to “defend the future and guarantee lasting peace.”
Rodríguez proposed last Friday that a “true political dialogue” be called that includes both “coinciding” and “divergent” political sectors, a task that he entrusted to the president of Parliament, Jorge Rodríguez.
Likewise, he asked that this dialogue have “concrete, immediate results” and that it be Venezuelan, that is, he explained, that “external orders are no longer imposed, neither from Washington, nor from Bogotá nor from Madrid.”
Rodríguez assumed the functions of the Executive on January 5, when she was sworn in by the head of the Legislature, in compliance with an order from the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ).
This Wednesday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told his country’s Congress that Donald Trump’s administration is not preparing nor does it intend to carry out a new attack on Venezuelan territory, but he did not rule out “the use of force” to force the Venezuelan interim government to collaborate.
