Venezuela breaks relations with Paraguay due to the words of President Santiago Peña

The regime of Nicolas Maduro announced that Venezuela breaks relations with Paraguay and proceeds to the immediate withdrawal of its diplomatic personnel accredited in that country due to the statements of President Santiago Peña, who supported the victory of Edmundo González in the July 28 elections.

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The president of Paraguay spoke electronically on Sunday, January 5, with the opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutiawho ratified his recognition as winner of last July’s elections in Venezuela – a victory that President Nicolás Maduro also claims – and promised to contribute to the “restoration of democracy” in the Caribbean country.

“Today I had a conversation with Edmundo González Urrutia, winner of the elections presidential elections in Venezuela, and with María Corina Machado, a prominent leader of the opposition to the Nicolás Maduro regime,” the president published on his social networks.

Peña, who released a photograph of the videoconference in which his foreign minister, Rubén Ramírez, also participated, indicated that during the conversation they analyzed the situation in Venezuela and agreed “on the importance of redirecting the democratic process in the country.”

“We highlight the need for the region to unite to work for absolute respect for the popular will and to prevent authoritarian regimes from remaining in force,” said the president, who said he had reaffirmed his support “for democracy and the victory of González Urrutia. as president” of Venezuela.

In this context, he pointed out that “independent international analyzes of the electoral process and the vote count confirmed” what he described as the “broad victory” of González Urrutia in the presidential elections held on July 28.

“I expressed our commitment to continue working together with the international community, not only to recognize his victory, but to contribute to the prompt restoration of democracy in Venezuela,” added Peña after highlighting that “Paraguay will always be a firm defender of democracy.” in the region and in the world”.

The dialogue between Peña and the opposition leader occurred in the middle of the tour that González is making in search of international support before the presidential swearing-in ceremony on Friday, January 10, to which both González Urrutia and Maduro have announced that they will attend, if Well, the Attorney General’s Office of Venezuela has issued an arrest warrant and has offered a reward of $100,000 to anyone who offers information about the whereabouts of the opposition leader.

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After this, the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry issued a statement in which it expressed rejection of “the statements of the president of Paraguay, Santiago Peña, who, ignoring international law and the principle of non-intervention, relapses into a failed practice that recalls the political fantasies of the extinct Lima Group with its ridiculous adventure called Guaidó.”

“These actions represent a reissue of strategies without political, legal or social support, which have demonstrated their resounding failure. It is regrettable that governments like that of Paraguay continue to subordinate their foreign policy to the interests of foreign powers, promoting agendas aimed at undermining democratic principles and the will of free peoples,” the text reads.

“In this context, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has decided, in full exercise of its sovereignty, break diplomatic relations with the Republic of Paraguay and proceed with the immediate withdrawal of its diplomatic personnel accredited in that country,” he emphasized.

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The Venezuelan regime stated “that no buffoon “Instructed from international fascism, it will manage to break the will of a people firm in the construction of its own destiny.”

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