The government has denied that the two Spaniards detained in Venezuela, Jose Maria Basua Badovinos And Andrés Martinez Adasme, have links to the CNI or are involved in an assassination plot Nicolas Maduroas the Venezuelan Interior Minister said on Saturday Diosdado Hair.
According to the Chavista regime, the two Spanish citizens, arrested along with twelve other people, are part of a plot organized by the American CIA and the Venezuelan opposition. Their objective would be not only the assassination of Nicolas Maduro, but also that of Delcy Rodriguezvice-president of the regime, and the execution of a false flag attack against the Argentine embassy, where six opponents of Vente Venezuela have taken refuge, and for which Chavism is said to be accused.
The Spanish Foreign Ministry denied any link between the detainees and “any state organization” and the existence of “any operation of political destabilization in Venezuela.” It also requested access to the detainees “in order to verify their identity and nationality and, in the event of verification, know exactly what they are accused of and that they can receive all the assistance they need“.
According to the Venezuelan dictatorship, which accused the CNI of being “up to its neck” in the plot, this would involve the distribution of 400 long weapons (theoretically seized), riots and mass prison breaks, mercenaries, explosives and the sabotage of infrastructure, energy, transport and water. That is, the outbreak of a revolution against the Chavista regime. An exceptional statement which, as such, would require exceptional evidence.
Diosdado Cabello was also identified as the leader of the alleged plot. to a US Navy SEAL special forces member and explosives expert, Wilmer Jose Castanedaleader of a group called AZ Command.
The accusation comes after the diplomatic crisis opened after the statements of the Minister of Defense Marguerite Robles in which he called Maduro’s regime a “dictatorship,” and days after granting political asylum to the winner of Venezuela’s July 28 presidential election, Edmundo Gonzalez.
The creation of an external enemy to whom dark and confusing terrorist plots aimed at overthrowing the regime are attributed is a common resource of dictatorships.
The model for each of these is the so-called “Doctors’ Plot,” an alleged conspiracy by several Jewish doctors to assassinate high-ranking Soviet officials in 1953, taking advantage of their access for health reasons. The “Doctors’ Plot” was never more than a farce conceived by Stalin to carry out an anti-Semitic crackdown because of Israel’s alignment with the United States. But the model was firmly set to be applied by other tyrannical regimes.
Cabello’s accusation that the CNI “denies” his involvement in the said plot and that this constitutes proof of his guilt is, moreover, inherently absurd. Because what should be the response of the CNI if he is innocent?
The Spanish government must respond calmly to the accusations, demand from the Venezuelan regime the details of the existence of this alleged terrorist plot that would involve the CNI and agree on its strategy with the PP, given that both parties agree on the essentials and their differences are just a matter of timingopportunity and diploma.
Chavismo, for its part, must provide proof of the existence of this alleged plot and be aware that resorting to anti-Spanishism, a desperate reaction to the lack of international recognition of Maduro’s alleged victory in the elections, This will not serve to gain diplomatic advantages in the short or long term..
