The government’s response to the Spanish foreign minister

The Foreign Minister of Venezuela, Yván Gil, affirmed this Wednesday that his Spanish counterpart, José Manuel Albares, is “blackmailed by far-right extremists,” after the Spanish official described the words that Nicolás said as “insults and slander.” Maduro used to refer to the leader of the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, whom he pointed out as “thief linked to drug trafficking in Galicia” .

«Blackmailed by far-right extremists, he has managed to make Spain the preferred refuge for drug traffickers, murderers and terrorists who have done a lot of damage in Venezuela. Enough of the offenses,” Gil said in a message published on Telegram.

The Venezuelan minister asked if Albares “acts out of fear of a power beyond his Government or out of his own conviction.”

“Now he seems proud to be on the right of the Popular Party,” he said.

This Wednesday, Albares said, during an interview with Zero Wavethat the Venezuelan official’s insults are an “absolute falsehood.”

«I reject those words from Maduro, which are nothing more than insults and slander towards the opposition leader. You can be sure that Spain’s foreign policy will always come to the defense of the Spanish people. “Those words are disqualified,” commented Albares.

The Spanish chancellor added that he would also like the right-wing leader to “have the same attitude” when the president of the Spanish government, the socialist Pedro Sánchez, or himself is insulted.

On September 11, Congress approved – with the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) voting against – a non-law proposal promoted by the Popular Party in which it asks the government to recognize Edmundo as president of Venezuela. González Urrutia, who arrived in Madrid on September 8 to seek asylum from the persecution he claims to have suffered in Venezuela.