From left to right: Pedro SĂĄnchez (Spain), Charles Michel (European Council), Delcy RodrĂguez (Venezuela), and Ursula von der Leyen (European Union). Photo: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP.
This Tuesday, the vice president of Venezuela, Delcy RodrĂguez, called on the president of Paraguay, Mario Abdo, to honor the debt that Paraguay has with Venezuela before continuing in an “empty monologue,” after new fresh intervention in Venezuelan internal affairs during the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and European Union (EU) summit held in Brussels, Belgium.
Abdo supported the European Union’s resolution to condemn the disqualification of Venezuelan opposition politician Maria Corina Machado from the presidential elections. Machado was disqualified from holding public office for 15 years in 2015 after calling for the overthrow of Venezuela’s democratically elected president, for accepting an appointment as “alternate ambassador” of Panama to the Organization of American States (OAS), for her participation in violent protests (guarimbas), and for calling for sanctions and military invasion of Venezuela.
RodrĂguez condemned Abdo’s statements: “I did not want to waste my time at the third EU-CELAC Summit to respond to US errands run by the person of Marito Abdo,” she wrote. “I just remind him that before leaving the presidency, he must honor the debt.”
No quise malgastar mi tiempo en la III Cumbre UE-CELAC para responder los mandados de EEUU en la persona de @MaritoAbdo . Solo le recuerdo que antes de irse de la presidencia honre la deuda que tiene con Venezuela en lugar de su monĂłlogo vacĂo. Venezuela nunca se doblegarĂĄ!
— Delcy RodrĂguez (@delcyrodriguezv) July 18, 2023
Venezuela’s Delcy RodrĂguez Demands President Mario Abdo Honor Paraguay’s Debt to Venezuela
The Paraguayan state oil company Petropar has a debt of more than $360 million to Venezuelaâs publicly owned oil company PDVSA (PetrĂłleos de Venezuela SA). In addition, the Paraguayan president himself, Abdo BenĂtez, was involved in 2021 in a corruption scandal because he entered into a shady agreement with former deputy Juan GuaidĂł, agreeing to pay only $100 of the $360 million, when GuaidĂł was attempting to act as Venezuela’s head of state.
Con mucha esperanza hemos venido a la III Cumbre UE-Celac a traer el mensaje de paz del Pdte. @NicolasMaduro y del pueblo venezolano.
ÂĄRechazamos el bloqueo criminal contra Venezuela y abogamos por la cooperaciĂłn en la diversidad para el beneficio de nuestros pueblos! pic.twitter.com/3sZug76Snx
— Delcy RodrĂguez (@delcyrodriguezv) July 18, 2023
Venezuela seeks dialogue among equals
In another message on social media, Rodriguez reiterated that Venezuela is in Brussels with a message of peace and in search of a dialogue of equals: “we come with much hope and bring a message of peace and harmony, of cooperation, that should be the guiding path for our countries.”
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