The Minister of Defense, Marguerite Roblessent back to the government this Thursday Nicolas Maduro like a “dictatorship”. His remarks have provoked a diplomatic crisis that Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares has played down.
Following Robles’ statements, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil, summoned the Spanish ambassador In Caracas, Ramón Santos Martínez, and summoned his diplomatic representative in Spain, Gladys Gutiérrez, for consultations. He also described the statements of the Minister of Defense as “insolent, intrusive and rude.”
“Let me, Julia, also think of the men and women of Venezuela who had to leave their country precisely for the dictatorship in which they live“, said the minister during the presentation of the new book by the writer Julia Navarro, “The boy who lost the war.”
His words drew applause from the audience, after which Robles reminded the opponent Edmundo Gonzalezwho is in Spain to seek asylum after leaving Venezuela due to political persecution.
The minister also asked for a tribute to “all those who have to leave their country, victims of restriction, violencefrom the lack of democracy and the lack of freedom.
During his speech, he also stressed that the Ukrainian population is being “massacred” by Vladimir Putin and stressed the suffering of Afghan women who live under the Taliban regime and who “made them disappear from the map.”
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