Aznar, Macri, Duque and other former presidents “demand” Brazil, Colombia and Mexico to recognize Edmundo González

Up to 28 former presidents of Latin American countries, including José María Aznar, Iván Duque and Mauricio Macri, published a statement this Monday in which “demand” the governments of Colombia, Brazil and Mexico to recognize Edmundo Gonzalez as elected president of Venezuela.

“We categorically demand that the governments of Brazil, Colombia and Mexico cease their omissive behavior and recognize the president democratically elected by Venezuelans, Edmundo González Urrutia, who must take office on January 10, 2025,” the 28 have noted. former presidents, brought together by the Democratic Initiative of Spain and the Americas (IDEA Group).

The leaders consider that “Only in this way will democracy be preserved in their respective nations.” and it will be avoided that, due to this omission, the community of democratic governments does not point out that they are actively colluding with the repressive regime of Venezuela and its crimes against humanity; materialized in massive deprivations of freedom of Venezuelans, exiles, and even acts of torture and rape against adolescents and children,” they have argued in that statement to which reference Efe.

The declaration is the result of the IX Presidential Dialogue on October 16 and 17 in Miami (Florida, USA), which confirms that the minutes of the presidential elections of July 28 published by the opposition “make full faith and prove the authenticity of the results of the vote.

However, “the dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro, disrespecting the Constitution and the laws, violating all established deadlines, refused to publicize the electoral records and their results, discriminated against by voting tables.”

Besides, They reproach the authorities and President Nicolás Maduro in particular for “acts of state terrorism” and “crimes against humanity.” For all these reasons, they consider that Maduro has perpetrated a “coup d’état (…) by falsely attributing the electoral victory to himself.”

The declaration is signed, in addition to Aznar, Duque and Macri, by former presidents Mariano Rajoy (Spain), Álvaro Uribe (Colombia), Óscar Arias (Costa Rica), Felipe Calderón (Mexico), Vicente Fox (Mexico), Eduardo Frei (Chile ), Luis Alberto Lacalle (Uruguay), Guillermo Lasso (Ecuador), Carlos Mesa (Bolivia), Lenin Moreno (Ecuador), Andrés Pastrana (Colombia) or Jorge ‘Tuto’ Quiroga (Bolivia), among others.