Images of the Spanish ambassador to Venezuela, Ramon Santosintrepid witness in his official residence of blackmail of the dictatorship to Edmundo González constitute an invaluable graphic document of indignity and immorality. That a Spanish diplomat should behave with the complicit disdain shown by Ramón Santos constitutes the most degrading and ignoble portrait.
Of course, we are not going to be naive: the ambassador was only carrying out the orders of the government, but Edmundo González’s account of how his departure from Venezuela was conceived, amid threats from the dictatorship, places the ambassador in an impossible situation. You will have to explain why you gave up your official residence so that Delcy Rodrigueznumber two of the regime, will use it as a torture chamber.
Whether or not it is a race, his continued employment is impossible. Because their behavior is neither inappropriate nor unacceptable, but may even constitute a crime. There are already two complaints filed with the National Court for coercion and necessary collaboration. Then, responsibilities will have to be settled at the highest levels, but in the immediate future, the ambassador will suddenly be dismissed.
It is not a question of making him a scapegoat to save the government of Pedro Sánchez – quite the contrary – but rather of force the Executive to appear: Does the government believe that the ambassador’s role was up to what is expected of a Spanish ambassador? Of course, Ramón Santos is not the real culprit, because the main person responsible for the infamous episode that took place at the ambassador’s residence is Pedro Sanchez. At this point, the government – it seems obvious – has been portrayed: under the pretext of hosting Edmundo González for reasons of humanity in Spain, it has served the interests of the sinister Maduro Dictatorship. By action or omission. There were negotiations, yes, there were. And apparently, the main and threatening voice was that of Nicolás Maduro, through Delcy Rodríguez. All you have to do is see it.
