Maduro regime “is so scared that it is not going to let Edmundo González enter”: Pastrana

The former president Andres Pastrana spoke with Blue Radio about his trip to Panama, where he will meet with Edmundo González to travel with him and other former presidents to Venezuela for the presidential inauguration, which the opponent intends to assume. However, the regime Nicolas Maduro He has reinforced security so that it is the Chavista leader who is sworn in.

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“They are so scared that they are not going to let us in. Letting Edmundo in, ten former presidents and other leaders who are possibly going to go, they are too scared. They would not let us travel. They are so scared that Edmundo will arrive in Venezuela. Can you imagine? “What demonstration would there be if Edmundo arrived?” Pastrana stated.

Pastrana believes that María Corina Machado’s call to take to the streets the day before the presidential inauguration in Venezuela “can change things a lot. We are beginning to see that there is already movement in the Armed Forces. Let’s see what effect Edmundo González’s message has to the Armed Forces telling them that on the 10th they have to enforce the Constitution and the popular vote. There is so much movement between now and Friday that I think Edmundo can arrive. I may be very optimistic. But the idea is to accompany him on that plane to give him security and protection for Edmundo, who is not alone. “He made the decision to go to Venezuela and we are going to accompany him.”

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They would depart from Dominican Republicwhere the Venezuelan opponent will be received. However, they have not established how they would travel to Caracas, Pastrana said, emphasizing that “the border is absolutely militarized and we needed to look for a friendly government that would allow us to leave, because Petro was not going to allow it from Colombia, less so from Mexico, nor from Brazil. it could be Panama does not have diplomatic relations with Venezuela. It could be done through the Dominican Republic, which is the closest point.”

If they manage to reach the neighboring country, They could be captured “or they deport usas they have already done on other occasions,” said the former Colombian president. “Can you imagine Edmundo entering Venezuela with ten former presidents and possibly other leaders who will be accompanying them to Venezuela? Will Maduro and the drug dictatorship be able to put ten former presidents in jail? Maybe so, because these narco-dictatorships are so crazy,” he added.

“Nothing, because Petro is with Maduro. Yes, even with Santos, President Santos apologized to Maduro because I went as an electoral observer… they never offered me a car, protection,” the former president responded.

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Among those who will travel are: Felipe Calderón and Vicente Fox, from Mexico; former presidents Ernesto Pérez Valladares and Mireya Moscoso of Panama; former president Jorge Quiroga, of Bolivia, former president Laura Chinchilla, of Costa Rica. All members of the Democratic Initiative of Spain and the Americas (IDEA).

The Venezuelan Prosecutor’s Office maintains an arrest warrant against González Urrutia and the Police recently offered a reward of $100,000 to anyone who provides information about the opponent’s whereabouts or provides any information that would facilitate his arrest.

The Venezuelan Government deployed 1,200 troops throughout the country with the objective of “guaranteeing peace” ahead of the inauguration of the Presidency.