Victims of the repression in Venezuela and relatives of the Argentine gendarme Nahuel Gallo, disappeared for more than 250 days under the government of Nicolás Maduro, They presented on Tuesday their testimonies before the Congress of Argentina.
During the session, they narrated in the first person the serious violations of human rights that persist in the country: Arbitrary arrests, torture, political persecution and the silencing of critical voices.
María Alexandra Gómez, rooster couple, denounced the forced disappearance of the gendarme and the pain of the separation of his son 8 months old, he said We monitor.
“I have done everything humanly possible to find Nahuel, but I have not been able to. This fight continues until it is free,” he said.
The case of the Human Rights Defender Nélida Sánchez was also exposed by her daughter Daneli Gabriela Hernández, who denounced that His mother has been detained in the helicoid under manufactured charges.
“Our only request is that my mother is released, ” claimed.
Andrés Guanipa related the consequences of his father’s arrest and his uncle, Opponent leaders Pedro and Juan Pablo Guanipa. Both remain imprisoned.
“The most painful thing about all this is the human. My father has not been able to grow his grandson or share with his family In more than 300 days, ”he said.
“Enough of complicit silences”
Other testimonies included those of the exiled deputy Elimar Díaz, who stressed that in Venezuela it is not about political polarization but about a systematic violation of human rights, and of the journalist Carlos Bracho, who denounced the restrictions on freedom of expression and harassment of communicators and activists.
The general secretary of the Argentine forum for the defense of democracy, Elisa Trotta, indicated that In Venezuela there are more than 800 political prisoners. Among them women, teenagers and more than 50 international hostages, including rooster.
“There is nothing worse for a prisoner of consciousness than oblivion and silence. Enough of complicit silences ”, He stressed.
Deputies from different banks, such as Fernando Iglesias, Silvana Giudici, Esteban Paulón, Lilia Lemoine and Damián Arabia, participated in the meeting. The president of the commission, Sabrina Ajmechet, said they will continue to accompany the victims.
“Maduro’s perverse regime is going to end. And in the meantime we will be every time they need us to give voice to those who cannot speak, ”he said.
