Daniel Ortega called Lula and Petro grovelers: he said they are competing to see who will represent the Yankees

  • Aug, Mon, 2024
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«The way Lula has behaved in the face of the victory of the legitimate president of Venezuela is shameful, shameful, repeating the slogans of the Yankees, of the Europeans, of the groveling governments of Latin America,» said Ortega during a virtual summit of heads of state and government of ALBA-TCP. «You’re groveling too, Lula!» said Ortega. «Lula, if you want the Bolivarian people to respect you, respect the victory of President Nicolás Maduro, and don’t go groveling there,» added Ortega, who also questioned his Colombian counterpart. «As for Petro, what can I say to Petro? Poor Petro, poor Petro, I see Petro competing with Lula to see who will be the leader to represent the Yankees in Latin America, that’s how I see Petro, because poor Petro does not have the strength that Brazil has, the giant of Latin America,» added Ortega.

Why did Ortega call Lula and Petro grovelers?

Brazil and Colombia are leading international efforts to resolve the post-election crisis in Venezuela, which has been marred by allegations of fraud, and have suggested holding a new election in Venezuela, a proposal rejected by Chavismo and the opposition.

Lula, a long-time ally of Chavismo, said in a radio interview on August 16 that “Venezuela is living under a very unpleasant regime,” although he does not consider it “a dictatorship,” but rather “a government with an authoritarian bias.”

Maduro was proclaimed by the National Electoral Council (CNE) with 52% of the votes, although almost a month before the election the entity has still not published the details of the voting table by table because it says it has suffered a “terrorist cyber attack.”

The opposition led by María Corina Machado claims for its part that it has evidence that there was fraud and that its candidate Edmundo González Urrutia won.

Following the publication of the results by the CNE, a party to the Chavista line, protests broke out that left 27 dead, two of them soldiers, in addition to 200 injured and some 2,400 detained, who are branded by Maduro as “terrorists.”

The Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), accused of serving the government, validated the results on Thursday, August 22, after accepting an appeal filed by Maduro to “certify” the elections and accused González Urrutia of “contempt,” who is under criminal investigation.



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