Spain, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico talk about Venezuela
The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, met this Tuesday at the United Nations with his counterparts from Brazil, Colombia and Mexico to analyze the situation in Venezuela.
Albares reported on the meeting on social media, saying that they exchanged views on Venezuela “and ways to advance dialogue, democracy and human rights,” but without offering further details.
During his stay in New York to participate in the UN High Level Week, the minister also plans to meet with the head of Venezuelan diplomacy, Yván Gil.
The intention is to request information on the situation of the two Spaniards detained in Venezuela, to find out their whereabouts and what they are accused of.
Albares met with Mexican Foreign Minister Alicia Bárcena in the midst of the controversy over the exclusion of King Felipe VI from the inauguration of Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum.
Earlier, Chilean President Gabriel Boric, condemned the government of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela and called for recognition of the victory of the Venezuelan opposition in the presidential elections of July 28th.
«Chile is especially attentive to the critical situation in Venezuela. We are facing a dictatorship that intends to steal an election, that persecutes its opponents and that is indifferent to the exile of not thousands, but millions of its citizens.Boric said.
However, he rejected the sanctions imposed by countries such as the United States against Nicolás Maduro, considering that they affect Venezuelans, who are already suffering from an economic crisis in the country.
“I have a duty to say that the unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States, as I have personally said to President Biden, do not help to resolve the conflict, but on the contrary aggravate it,” he said.
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