Humberto Calderon-Berti (left) and Leopoldo Lopez (right). File photo courtesy of RedRadioVE.
The fugitive from Venezuelan justice, Leopoldo LĂłpez, announced that he will sue Humberto CalderĂłn Berti, also a prominent opposition politician, for “slander and unfounded attacks.” LĂłpez issued the statement after CalderĂłn Berti—who served as the supposed ambassador to Colombia of the former deputy and would-be usurper Juan Guaidó—held LĂłpez responsible for the problems faced by the multi-million dollar petrochemical corporation MonĂłmeros, belonging to the Venezuelan state.
During an interview, LĂłpez said that he made the decision to file a criminal complaint in Spain against CalderĂłn Berti, accusing him of slander.
“The recent accusations that CalderĂłn Berti has made about MonĂłmeros were very serious accusations,” said LĂłpez, “in which he also exposed people with first and last names, putting them on the wall for accusations.” LĂłpez, the alleged leader of the Popular Will (Voluntad Popular) terrorist organization, made the statement without disclosing that Calderon-Berti’s diplomatic posting was with MonĂłmeros headquarters.
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LĂłpez assured that he has “nothing to hide,” apparently providing CalderĂłn Berti an opportunity to present evidence in this regard.
LĂłpez also recalled that GuaidĂł’s “former ambassador” has acted against the interests of GuaidĂł and his representatives on repeated occasions, during the embattled opposition forces’ attempts to illegally expropriate—with the help of Colombia and the US—multi-billion dollar assets such as MonĂłmeros and CITGO. GuaidĂł and company have been accused of corruption and embezzlement, even by erstwhile allies such as Julio Borges, following the imposter presidency’s seizure and “management” of MonĂłmeros in 2019.
Leopoldo LĂłpez sobre las acusaciones de Humberto CalderĂłn Berti (@calderonberti) y la corrupciĂłn en MonĂłmeros: "Lamento que haya caĂdo tan bajo, solo busca destruir a GuaidĂł" pic.twitter.com/8yEHiXWp2O
— REDRADIOVE (@RedRadioVe) October 15, 2021
Opposition factions also conspired to steal humanitarian aid issued to GuaidĂł’s representatives in Colombia beginning in 2019, funds that were supposedly directed to Venezuelan migrants, yet were never distributed.
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CalderĂłn Berti criticized Leopoldo LĂłpez
In February of this year, the opposition politician Calderón Berti declared that Guaidó did not fully exercise all of his responsibilities, because he gave López an “undue mentorship,” an action that Calderón Berti described as disastrous. Virtually all analysts in Venezuela, from left to right, agree with the claim that Leopoldo López is the real power behind former deputy Guaidó.
CalderĂłn Berti pointed out that LĂłpez is sectarian to the core, not only politically but also in respect to seniority.
More recently, at the end of September, CalderĂłn Berti accused LĂłpez of being responsible for all the misdeeds at MonĂłmeros—for giving contracts to “friends,” for ”creating a “disaster,” and for “mismanagement and undesirable political meddling.”
“The person largely in charge of all this, we don’t have to give it much thought,” said Calderon Berti, “the person largely responsible for everything that has happened in MonĂłmeros is called Leopoldo LĂłpez, who politicizes exaggeratedly with a striking sectarianism all that he lays his hands on.”
Featured image: Humberto Calderon Berti (left) and Leopoldo LĂłpez (right). File photo courtesy of RedRadioVE.
(RedRadioVE) by Ana PerdigĂłn
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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