Maduro accuses Leopoldo López and Álvaro Uribe of “conspiring” against the presidential elections in Venezuela

The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduroaccused his opponent this Monday Leopoldo López and former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe of conspiring against the presidential elections on July 28th, for which he asked the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) stay alert.

During his weekly television program, the president referred to the meeting that López and Uribe recently had, whom he described as “terrorists” It is “criminals”.

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“I have information about the plans they are preparing to attack the neighboring states of the Zulia (border with Colombia) with terrorists, with paramilitaries, attacking public services (…) when these two evil terrorists meet, it is to conspire“, said Maduro, who assured that the meeting between the two politicians took place in Colombia.

Maduro called on Venezuelans to defend peace, stability and security and ordered the activation of a “maximum alert”In intelligence and counterintelligence organizations.

“These terrorists cannot come and try to sabotage Venezuelato try to disrupt our economic recovery and disrupt the electoral festival of democracy that we will have on July 28th”, he stressed.

In 2015, the Venezuelan court sentenced López to almost 14 years in prison for crimes related to the violence unleashed during the 2014 anti-government protests, a sentence he partially served, until he left the country after spending 18 months as a guest at the residence of the Spanish ambassador in Caracas.

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He chavismo pointed Leopoldo López already Alvaro Uribe for numerous conspiracies, some of which include – according to the Public Ministry – plans to assassinate the president.

Nicolás MaduroIn power since 2013, she will seek a third term in the July elections, in which it is not yet clear who her opponents will be, due to the disqualification that prevents the former deputy from running. Maria Corina Machadoelected in the primaries as a candidate of the main opposition coalition.

Source: Elcomercio

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