Sánchez insisted that the Spanish Government never recognized that of Nicolás Maduro because it broke the rules and its election was illegitimate, but stressed that it cannot recognize the legitimacy “of a military action that is clearly illegal, violates international law and its only objective is to change an executive of another country to appropriate its resources.”
The President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, assured this Tuesday, January 6, that he intends to speak with both Delcy Rodríguez, in charge of the Executive, and Edmundo González, to try to facilitate the transition.
Sánchez, in his first press conference after the United States military operation in Venezuela, stressed that Spain can play a mediation role and once again harshly criticized the action carried out by the United States, which he described as “illegal” and which he regretted that, like previous ones, it was due to the “thirst for oil.”
The head of the Executive, who appeared before journalists at the Spanish embassy in Paris after the meeting in the French capital of the Coalition of Volunteers for Ukraine, explained that he wants to have dialogue with both Delcy Rodríguez and Edmundo González, who recalled that he lives in Spain.
“Spain can play a mediation role, contributing to the substantiation of the transition that ends in clean, free elections, where the Venezuelan people can vote freely and decide freely about their future,” he added.
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Sánchez insisted that the Spanish Government never recognized that of Nicolás Maduro because it broke the rules and his election was illegitimate, but he stressed that it cannot recognize the legitimacy “of a military action that is clearly illegal, violates international law and its only objective is to change an executive of another country to appropriate its resources.”
After referring in this way to the United States operation in Venezuela, he warned that it represents “a terrible and very dangerous precedent”, which is reminiscent of past aggressions and which pushes the world into a future of uncertainty and insecurity after other invasions “guided by the thirst for oil.”
Sánchez assured that Spain is not going to be complicit in this “attack”, that it is not going to support “the law of the strongest, the law of the jungle”, and that it will always be on the side of legality.
With information from EFE
*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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