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The president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboasaid this Tuesday that it will not recognize the result of the next elections in Venezuelawhich do not yet have a defined date, “since they were not free elections”.
“We do not agree, in any way (…), that there are no free elections in Venezuelabut at this moment it is not that we do not recognize the Government of (Nicolás) Maduro“He said in an interview with Ecuavisa television.
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The president stressed that they will not recognize the results of the next elections, “since they were not free elections”.
Last Saturday, the Government of Ecuador rejected the political disqualification decided on Friday by the Supreme Court of Justice of Venezuela against the opposition presidential candidate Maria Corina Machado.
“Ecuador rejects the Venezuelan Supreme Court’s confirmation of disqualifying, for 15 years, Ms. María Corina Machado, leader of the opposition and winner of the October 2023 primary elections, from holding public office.″, stated on Saturday the Itamaraty of Ecuador in its account on the X network.
He added that “decision is contrary to the spirit of Barbados Agreementsaimed at facilitating the holding of democratic and transparent elections in Venezuela”.
In turn, the Venezuelan Government assured that Machado’s case is “Thing judged”, but also stated that he will remain at the dialogue table with the opposition, which accuses him of having violated the agreements signed in Barbados Last October.
Reject offer
Last Tuesday, Noboa rejected the offer that Maduro made to him days ago to seek cooperation in Venezuela’s security instead of the assistance it provides him. U.S.
“Thanks, but no thanks. That’s my answer. I have enough fights here in this country to win additional fights. Simply no. Thank you very muchsaid Noboa.
The Ecuadorian president thus responded to the advice given to him by his Venezuelan counterpart in his last presentation before the National Assembly (Parliament) to learn from Venezuela’s experiences against criminal gangs.
“President Noboa, if you want to have a security system and a prison system, look to us, not the Southern Command. What the Southern Command will do is interventionism and colonialism“Maduro stated.
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Last week, a delegation of senior United States Government officials visited Ecuador to coordinate the aid that the Presidential Administration Joe Biden will give the South American country the opportunity to face the “internal armed conflict”, which he declared against organized crime.
The US delegation was led by Presidential Advisor for the Americas, Christopher Doddand the commander of the United States Southern Command, Laura Richardson.
Noboa stated that the support of the United States to face this “the declared war against criminal gangs will focus on equipment, training, intelligence, port and border protection and identifying the sources of funding for these ‘narco-terrorist’ groups”.
Source: Elcomercio
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