According to a report published by El Tiempo, the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, is promoting a “government of cohabitation” between the Venezuelan opposition and the regime of Nicolás Maduro, for which he is seeking the support of Cuba, Russia, and China. This agreement consists, essentially, in that “Between now and 2031, the government and the opposition will share power with three years for each one and in six years there will be transparent elections. All this conditioned to the lifting of sanctions against Venezuela.”
This project is absurd, because, first, Maduro lost the July 28th elections and, therefore, has no right to continue in power; second, such a government would be illegal, because it’s not contemplated in the Venezuelan Constitution; and third, no one in his right mind can think that a criminal regime like Maduro’s would comply with such an agreement. The real objective of this proposal is to give Maduro breathing room in which to consolidate his regime of terror through the persecution of the opposition, the imprisonment of opponents, and the torture of dissident civilians and military, as has been documented in detail by the UN fact-finding mission on Venezuela.
As I have explained in previous articles, Petro is not a neutral mediator, but a collaborator of Maduro. He has been denounced by former Colombian President Andres Pastrana as the “Trojan horse of Colombian drug trafficking cartels,” while Maduro is the head of the Venezuelan “Cartel of the Suns.” The international community should block Petro’s initiative, because would strengthen the main ally of Islamic terrorism in Latin-America. Indeed, Maduro is not only a declared enemy of Israel, as Petro is, but also a fellow fighter of Hamas and Hezbollah.
Last September, Maduro publicly expressed his solidarity with Hezbollah, after the killing of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, by saying, “I want to express, on behalf of the historic revolutionary bloc of the Bolivarian forces of Venezuela, solidarity with Hezbollah, with his family, with the people of Lebanon.” According to a report published by First Post, Hezbollah has links with Venezuela through its relationships with members of the Venezuelan government and military who are involved in drug trafficking: “The group acts as an intermediary, helping to move large quantities of cocaine from Venezuela into West Africa and Europe. This is a key route for drug flow into Europe and affects the core business of European organized crime.”
For these reasons, the United States and Europe must enforce the results of the July 28th elections. Consequently, the situation in Latin-America would improve notably, due to the regional impact that a change in Venezuela would have, especially considering the extremely weak situation in which the members of the Sao Paulo Forum find themselves.
The president of Brazil, Lula da Silva, received a beating in the municipal elections of October 7th. Bolivia’s former president, Evo Morales, is accused of raping and impregnating an underage girl. Evidence has recently surfaced of drug trafficking ties to the family of Xiomara Castro, president of Honduras. And Gustavo Petro is under investigation for having received financing from drug trafficking for his electoral campaign.
A first step to achieve a change of government in Venezuela is to recognize Edmundo Gonzalez as president-elect. So far, European countries, influenced by the Spanish government, have limited themselves to saying that Maduro lost the elections; but that is not enough. It is important to add that Gonzalez won, and thus give him the diplomatic and legal status he requires to lead a transition to democracy.
Colombian President Seeks Russian and Chinese Support for Maduro
According to a report published by El Tiempo, the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, is promoting a “government of cohabitation” between the Venezuelan opposition and the regime of Nicolás Maduro, for which he is seeking the support of Cuba, Russia, and China. This agreement consists, essentially, in that “Between now and 2031, the government and the opposition will share power with three years for each one and in six years there will be transparent elections. All this conditioned to the lifting of sanctions against Venezuela.”
This project is absurd, because, first, Maduro lost the July 28th elections and, therefore, has no right to continue in power; second, such a government would be illegal, because it’s not contemplated in the Venezuelan Constitution; and third, no one in his right mind can think that a criminal regime like Maduro’s would comply with such an agreement. The real objective of this proposal is to give Maduro breathing room in which to consolidate his regime of terror through the persecution of the opposition, the imprisonment of opponents, and the torture of dissident civilians and military, as has been documented in detail by the UN fact-finding mission on Venezuela.
As I have explained in previous articles, Petro is not a neutral mediator, but a collaborator of Maduro. He has been denounced by former Colombian President Andres Pastrana as the “Trojan horse of Colombian drug trafficking cartels,” while Maduro is the head of the Venezuelan “Cartel of the Suns.” The international community should block Petro’s initiative, because would strengthen the main ally of Islamic terrorism in Latin-America. Indeed, Maduro is not only a declared enemy of Israel, as Petro is, but also a fellow fighter of Hamas and Hezbollah.
Last September, Maduro publicly expressed his solidarity with Hezbollah, after the killing of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, by saying, “I want to express, on behalf of the historic revolutionary bloc of the Bolivarian forces of Venezuela, solidarity with Hezbollah, with his family, with the people of Lebanon.” According to a report published by First Post, Hezbollah has links with Venezuela through its relationships with members of the Venezuelan government and military who are involved in drug trafficking: “The group acts as an intermediary, helping to move large quantities of cocaine from Venezuela into West Africa and Europe. This is a key route for drug flow into Europe and affects the core business of European organized crime.”
For these reasons, the United States and Europe must enforce the results of the July 28th elections. Consequently, the situation in Latin-America would improve notably, due to the regional impact that a change in Venezuela would have, especially considering the extremely weak situation in which the members of the Sao Paulo Forum find themselves.
The president of Brazil, Lula da Silva, received a beating in the municipal elections of October 7th. Bolivia’s former president, Evo Morales, is accused of raping and impregnating an underage girl. Evidence has recently surfaced of drug trafficking ties to the family of Xiomara Castro, president of Honduras. And Gustavo Petro is under investigation for having received financing from drug trafficking for his electoral campaign.
A first step to achieve a change of government in Venezuela is to recognize Edmundo Gonzalez as president-elect. So far, European countries, influenced by the Spanish government, have limited themselves to saying that Maduro lost the elections; but that is not enough. It is important to add that Gonzalez won, and thus give him the diplomatic and legal status he requires to lead a transition to democracy.
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