There is a phrase from Pedro Sánchez, in the middle of his speech before the PSOE federal commission, that has caught the attention. Above all, because of the lukewarmness that the government has shown so far in the face of the Venezuelan disorder. “We are going to protect the security of activists, journalists and political leaders wherever they are. Leaders like Edmundo Gonzalez“A hero that Spain will not abandon,” he said. A phrase that anticipated a welcome that became a reality a few hours later.
This Saturday, Sánchez was already aware of the operation which, according to outside sources explaining to ABC, It had been cooking for days. Precisely those that Edmundo González himself took refuge in the Spanish embassy in Caracas.
This process, agreed between the two countries according to Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodríguez and which is not recognized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, would have begun a few days ago and former president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero would have had an important weight in it, whose role has remained silent since the elections in Venezuela, but it has been striking.
According to RTVE and external sources have not denied ABC, Zapatero played a fundamental role in González’s exilea complicated round trip that relieves the pressure on Nicolás Maduro. Another service from the former Spanish president to Chavism, with whom he has maintained an intriguing friendship since leaving La Moncloa.
Because Edmundo’s departure leaves the country’s opponents orphaned, who find themselves in a complicated situation. Many of them are detained in foreign embassies, besieged by the Chavistas in recent hours.
