Machado agradece a países latinoamericanos por su "compromiso con democracia" en Venezuela
La líder opositora venezolana María Corina Machado agradeció a seis países de América Latina por su respaldo a la democracia y los derechos humanos en Venezuela, tras una declaración paralela a la cumbre del Mercosur que exige el fin de las detenciones arbitrarias y la liberación de presos políticos bajo el régimen de Nicolás Maduro
TL;DR
- Six Latin American countries issued a joint declaration supporting democracy and human rights in Venezuela.
- Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado expressed gratitude to these nations.
- The declaration calls for peaceful restoration of democracy, an end to arbitrary detentions, and the release of political prisoners.
- The statement was made on the margins of the Mercosur summit due to disagreements preventing its inclusion in the official Mercosur declaration.
- Brazil and Uruguay, as well as Chile, did not sign the joint declaration.
- Divergences between Brazil and Argentina on broader regional issues, including US military deployment and coercive measures, led to the exclusion from the Mercosur statement.
- Argentina's President Javier Milei supports US military pressure on Venezuela, while Brazil's President Lula da Silva opposes military intervention.