The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, said this Saturday, in a radio interview, that the Caribbean country and the other excluded nations will be represented at the Summit of the Americas by “the voice” of the president of Argentina, Alberto Fernández.
Maduro thanked Fernández for his “solidarity” on the “International Dialogue” program, hosted by Atilio Borón on the radio of the National University of Avellaneda (UNDAV), and assured that he thinks it is “very good” that he carries the voice of nations absent to the conclave, to be held in Los Angeles June 6-10.
“I think it is very good that he brings the voice of Latin America and the Caribbean to the meeting of the Americas (…) we are going to be well represented in the voice of President Alberto Fernández,” said the Venezuelan president.
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Government outside of democracy
Venezuela was excluded by the White House from the list of countries invited to the summit, along with Nicaragua, on the grounds that they govern on the fringes of democracy, while Cuba excluded itself amid doubts generated by the US as to whether it would count with the island or not.
Given the decision of the Joe Biden Administration, Maduro recently assured that the voice of Venezuela would be in the American conclave, “whatever the host says”.
“Whatever they do in Washington, the voice of Venezuela, the voice of Cuba and the voice of Nicaragua will reach Los Angeles in the great protests of the people and our voice will be in that room (…) we will be there with our truth,” he said. the president on May 24 in Caracas.
The Venezuelan president, who attributed the exclusion of these countries to the “fear” of the US Executive, said, during the interview with Borón, that “the meeting in Los Angeles where they intend to hold a Summit of the Americas is a contradiction. That’s not a summit, it’s a meeting.”
In a recent appearance on the state channel Venezolana de Televisión, he stated that he had his “tricks” ahead of the conclave and said that he would not reveal the “secret”, but insisted that his government would be in Los Angeles.
“We have our tricks, I’m not going to reveal any secrets, but what we will be, we will be,” Maduro said, while insisting that there will be “surprises.”
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And it was today, during the radio interview, when he revealed that Fernández would be in charge of representing the Caribbean nation, although he did not reveal whether Venezuela also has other means of representation.
Maduro recalled that “more than 25 governments” have protested “against the attempt to exclude them and assured that the meeting became” the summit of the protest against imperialist exclusion “
