The resistance of Venezuela
THE ANTI-DIPLOMAT
Among the many lies that are told daily by the Western media regarding Venezuela there is one that unfortunately was also espoused by our Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi.
During his speech in the Chambers, the minister stated that the opposition in Venezuela, the one belonging to questionable characters such as Leopoldo Lopez, Maria Corina Machado and Henrique Capriles, he had not participated in the last elections because the electoral consultation was not credible, in fact she was wearing makeup.
Now apart from that the whole world, if it is not in bad faith, knows that the defection was instead due to the opposition's inability to find a decent candidate after the failures of the supposed fighters for democracy in the country, it is clear that the truth is different.
Mortifying the validity of the last elections was the usual method to justify the failure of the opposition.
I remember the anti-Chávez campaigns, contradicted by the facts, and I remember the very facts that they had as guarantors, among others, Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Nobel Peace Prize, Eduardo Galeano, critical conscience of the continent and even the Foundation of the former President of the United States Jimmy Carter, people whose intellectual honesty was undeniable. And I remember the numerous electoral campaigns, whose democratic validity was monitored by more than 150 international observers. In May 2018, for example, the former prime minister of Spain, Josè Luis Zapatero had criticized the reckless attitude of the European Community which had left Venezuela to its fate of isolation. Read More

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by Carlo Freccero

