María Corina Machado, the leader of the opposition to Chavismo in Venezuela, warned this Wednesday (8) that if Maduro continues to use force to secure a new electoral mandate or commit enormous fraud, the country will be responsible for the biggest migration crisis ever seen in Venezuela. history.
The statement was made during a virtual conference at the Council of the Americas, based in New York. Second and policy, “this would mean that, immediately [após o chavismo manipular as eleições]In less than a year, there will be around two, three, four or even five million Venezuelans fleeing the country.
Machado stated that this would have enormous consequences not only for Venezuela, but for the entire region, highlighting that the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and Colombia, Gustavo Petro, are already aware of these implications.
At the conference, the winner of the opposition primaries once again declared that she has the support of the international community in this “fight” for free elections under fair conditions, even “former allies” of the Nicolás Maduro regime, among whom she has already mentioned the leftists Lula and Petro.
On the other hand, with a hypothetical victory for Edmundo González Urrutia, candidate of the main opposition coalition, the Unitary Democratic Platform (PUD), this issue would be quickly resolved. “If he is elected the next president, the international community would not only see migration stopped, but reversed,” said Machado.
“We have a legitimate leadership, we have a candidate who has the support of the Venezuelan people and all democratic political parties, we have a huge civil movement that is growing more and more, which has more than 80% support”, he added.
During the conference, Colombia’s Foreign Minister, Luis Gilberto Murillo, confirmed that his country supports “fair, obviously, competitive and free” elections.
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