The United States ambassador to the OAS, Francisco Mora, warned Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro that will suffer international pressure “that could not be imagined” if the authorities arrest opposition leaders María Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutiawho Washington considers the winner of the July 28 elections.
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What did the US spokesperson say about the Maduro regime in Venezuela?
“If Maduro decides to do that, will activate the international community in ways he could not imagine, “And I think that their efforts to fracture and divide the international community will have failed miserably,” the ambassador to the Organization of American States told the Atlantic Council, a think tank based in Washington.
Such a scenario, “I think that It would be a step that could further mobilize the international community, even those who are in some way sympathetic. and they don’t want to stir things up too much in Venezuela,” Mora said.
The ambassador warned that one could expect that The United States will adopt a stronger resolution at the OAS if Maduro arrests his opponents.
Gonzalez is considered the winning candidate by many countries
The United States, the European Union and Latin American countries such as Argentina and Peru consider that González Urrutia won the electionand even many governments allied to Nicolás Maduro, such as Brazil, have asked him to hand over the voting records.
The Venezuelan president, in turn, has requested the arrest of González Urrutia and Machado, while he went to the Electoral Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), accused of serving Chavismo, to certify his victory.
González Urrutia, representative of the disqualified leader Machado, He claims to have evidence proving that he won the July 28 elections.
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Source: https://www.noticiascaracol.com/mundo/ee-uu-advirtio-las-consecuencias-contra-regimen-maduro-si-detiene-a-machado-o-gonzalez-cb20
