They close the door on Guaidó: he would not be at the summit on Venezuela

The Colombian Foreign Ministry assured that the Venezuelan opposition leader Juan
Guaidó, who arrived in Bogotá this Monday, April 24, will not participate in the conference scheduled for this Tuesday in which the international community will address the way to unblock the negotiations to solve the crisis in that country.

(See: Colombia will seek to unblock the Venezuelan dialogue with the opposition).

“Only the countries invited to this dialogue will participate in the International Conference on the political process in Venezuela to be held this April 25 in Bogotá“, indicated the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement after the arrival of Guaidó in the Colombian capital was known.

Colombian Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva, “You have not invited Mr. Juan Guaidó to this space, therefore his attendance at the Conference is not counted on“, detailed the information, which insisted that this meeting “It is a meeting space with part of the international community“.

(See: Guests who will participate in Colombia in a conference on Venezuela).

Guaidó reported on Monday his arrival in Colombia, where he hopes to meet with the international delegations that will participate in the conference convened by Colombian President Gustavo Petro to unblock negotiations between the government of Nicolás Maduro and anti-Chavismo.

“I have just arrived in Colombia, in the same way that millions of Venezuelans have done before me, on foot“, indicated through a message shared on his Twitter account the former deputy, who is prohibited from leaving Venezuela for having open Multiple lawsuits against him.

Juan Guaidó Venezuelan opposition leader.

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In the message he added that he hopes that “the summit can ensure that the Maduro regime returns to the table negotiations in Mexico (officially paralyzed since November 2022) and a credible timetable for free and fair elections is agreed“, alluding to the presidential elections that the country must hold in 2024.

(See: Unlock money abroad, Maduro’s request to continue the dialogue).

Guaidó reiterated that in recent days there have been “raised the threats” against him in Venezuela, where He has denounced that the Government ordered his imprisonment, in the middle of the campaign that he is carrying out for the primaries on October 22, when an anti-Chavista coalition will define a unitary candidate for the presidential elections.

Neither representatives of the government of Nicolás Maduro nor the Venezuelan opposition will participate in the meeting, which on this occasion is reserved for the international community.

(See: Juan Guaidó traveled to Colombia on foot: the problems it can cause).

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